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A specialist in African colonial history and especially Ghana, Gocking (civic and cultural studies, Mercy College) offers non-specialist students and general readers a concise history of the West African country. The first third covers the emergence of early precolonial states, the increasing contact with Europeans, and colonial rule to the end of the 19th century. The rest focuses on the struggle for independence and the challenges that Ghana has...
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This program profiles fair trade chocolate supplier Divine Chocolate, which was established by a co-op of cocoa farmers in Ghana to give them a share in the profits from their crops. The video describes the company's niche in the confectionery market, discusses Divine Chocolate's marketing efforts, and assesses the company's success in changing acceptable business standards.
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Dagbon, a 500-year-old kingdom located in northern Ghana, has an elaborate royal hierarchy in which each member has his own orchestra of "talking drums. This program, filmed on location in a group of villages surrounding Dagbon's regional capital, explores the ritual use of drum music at every milestone of life. The roles of the master drummers-born into their calling and rigorously trained from childhood-as entertainers, historians, and moral guardians...
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Just as Africa has impacted the music of the Caribbean and the Americas, so has the New World reciprocated, strongly influencing the music of Africa. This program documents the history of the musical genre known as hi-life, from the sweet and melancholy sounds of palm wine guitar, to the plangent harmonies of nnwonkoro and the fierce polyrhythms of kpanlogo, to hi-life's contemporary place in world music. Performers include Koo Nimo, Segun Adewale...
14) West African narratives of slavery: texts from late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Ghana
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Slavery in Africa existed for hundreds of years before it was abolished in the late 19th century. Yet, we know little about how enslaved individuals, especially those who never left Africa, talked about their experiences. Collecting never before published or translated narratives of Africans from southeastern Ghana, Sandra E. Greene explores how these writings reveal the thoughts, emotions, and memories of those who experienced slavery and the slave...
17) Gold Coast
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Australia's Gold Coast is known for its big city glamour, but Lin Sutherland goes behind the high-rises to explore the region's remarkable natural environment. From the stunning beaches to the World Heritage-listed Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, she showcases a community that strives to conserve nature's green and gold assets, for which so many people travel across the globe to see.
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Ashanti has graced the cover of nearly every major magazine and won numerous awards for writing and performing her own music. She has certainly come a long way since performing in the living room in front of her family. Take a ride with us as we explore the life of Ashanti-how she found music, and how music found her.
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