Shadows of empire in West Africa new perspectives on European fortifications
The authors collectively see fortifications as nodes within entangled spaces in west Africa where different peoples interacted, negotiated, and transformed each other socially, politically, culturally, and economically. This multi-discipline collection presents a nuanced image of fortifications, sho...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cham, Switzerland
Palgrave Macmillan
2018
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| Schriftenreihe: | African histories and modernities
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| Zusammenfassung: | The authors collectively see fortifications as nodes within entangled spaces in west Africa where different peoples interacted, negotiated, and transformed each other socially, politically, culturally, and economically. This multi-discipline collection presents a nuanced image of fortifications, showing that over time the functions and impacts of the buildings changed as the motives, missions, allegiances, and power dynamics in the region also changed. With their focus on the fortifications of Ghana, the authors engage in new scholarly discussion of how these structures may be interpreted in connecting Ghanaian and west African histories to a multitude of global histories. They also enable greater understanding of the fortifications' contemporary use as heritage sites where the Afro-European experience is narrated through guided tours and museums |
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| Beschreibung: | "On 1st and 2nd August 2012, many of the contributors attended a conference entitled Shadows of Empire: Studies of European Colonial Fortifications in West Africa from fifteenth Century at the University of Ghana ... This publication brings together selected and revised papers from the conference ... "--Page vii. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xxii, 368 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9783319392813 978-3-319-39281-3 3319392816 3-319-39281-6 |