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Between the Sea and the Lagoon An Eco-Social History of the Anlo of Southeastern Ghana C. 1850 to Recent Times

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ISBN-10: 0821414097

ISBN-13: 9780821414095

Edition: 2002

Authors: Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong

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Growing up in Ghana, Akyeampong (history, Harvard U.) heard tales of the battle between the land and sea, which reflected the acute coastal erosion there since about 1907. He recounts the ecological and social history of the Anlo, part of the Ewe-speaking people who occupy the west African coast between the Volt and Mono Rivers. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Book details

Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 3/31/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

A Note on Sources
List of Maps, Figures and Photogaphs
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
Introduction
Migration, Topography and Early Settlements in the Keta Lagoon Basin
Abolition, British Influence and Smuggling in the Anlo Lowlands up to c. 1890
Commercial Prosperity, Urbanization and Social Life in Early Colonial Keta
Unstable Ecology Belief, Knowledge and the Enigma of Sea Erosion in Colonial Keta, 1907-32
The Search for Space land Reclamation, Migrant Fishing, Shallot Cultivation and Illicit Liquor Distillation in Anlo, c. 1930-57
Harbours and Dams Economic Development and Environmental Change in the Lower Volta Basin, 1957 to the Present
Coastal Erosion, Political Ecology and the Discourse of Environmental Citizenship in Twentieth-century Anlo
Living with the Sea Society and Culture in Contemporary Anlo
Bibliography
Index
Maps, Figures and Photographs
A physical map of Anlo
Slave Coast of West Africa
Ghana showing administrative regions and Volta Lake
High-water mark at Keta Town, 1907-29
High-water mark at Keta Town, 1907-87
Vodza beach, 23 July 1994
Fort Prindsensten, c. 1893
Alley in front of Fort Prindsensten, c. 1893
Keta market-day, c. 1893
Wuta-Missionhaus in Keta, c. 1893
Chief James Ocloo's House, Keta, c. 1893
Liquor shop in Keta, c. 1893
St Michael's Cathedral, Keta, 18 October 1996
Horse-mackerel catch, Adzido beach, 18 September 1996
Shallots at Anloga market, 1996
Flooded houses in Keta, September 1996
Collapsed front of Fort Prindsensten, Keta, 4 September 1996
NDC women supporters at the hogbetsotso festival, 2 November 1996
Sea defence project exhibit, Anloga, 2 November 1996
Displaced persons at Kedzikope, 23 August 1996