Gold Coast Diasporas Identity, Culture, and Power

Name: Gold Coast Diasporas Identity, Culture, and Power
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ISBN: 9780253016942

ISBN-10: 0253016940

ISBN-13: 9780253016942

Edition: N/A

Authors: Walter C. Rucker

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Although they came from distinct polities and peoples who spoke different languages, slaves from the African Gold Coast were collectively identified by Europeans as "Coromantee" or "Mina." Why these ethnic labels were embraced and how they were utilized by enslaved Africans to develop new group identities is the subject of Walter C. Rucker’s absorbing study. Rucker examines the social and political factors that contributed to the creation of New World ethnic identities and assesses the ways displaced Gold Coast Africans used familiar ideas about power as a means of understanding, defining, and resisting oppression. He explains how performing Coromantee and Mina identity involved a common…

Book details

Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 8/26/2015
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English