| Description |
xiv, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Aaron Kuku : the life history of a former slave -- Enslavement remembered -- The life history of Aaron Kuku -- The biographies of Lydia Yawo and Yosef Famfantor : life in slavery/life after abolition -- To stay or go : exploring the decisions of the formerly enslaved -- Come over and help us! : the life journey of Lydia Yawo, a freed slave -- Yosef Famfantor -- Paul Sands's diary : living with the past/constructing the present and the future -- Open secrets and sequestered stories : a diary about family, slavery, and self in southeastern Ghana -- The diary of Paul Sands : excerpts -- A kidnapping at Atorkor : the making of a community memory -- Our citizens, our kin enslaved -- Oral traditions about individuals enslaved. |
| Summary |
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 trade. |
| Subject |
Slave narratives -- Ghana -- History and criticism.
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Slave trade -- Ghana -- History.
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| Local Subject |
Trafficking in enslaved persons -- Ghana -- History.
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| Subject |
Slavery -- Ghana -- History.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Greene, Sandra E., 1952- West African narratives of slavery. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011 (OCoLC)763648507 |
| ISBN |
9780253356079 cloth alkaline paper |
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0253356075 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780253222947 paperback alkaline paper |
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025322294X paperback alkaline paper |
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