Ethnicity in Ghana: The Limits of Invention

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List of Tables List of Maps and Illustrations Foreword Notes on the Contributors Ethnicity in Ghana: A Comparative Perspective C.Lentz & P.Nugent In the Mix: Women and Ethnicity Among the Anlo-Ewe S.Greene 'We Stay, Others Come and Go': Identity Among the Mamprusi in Northern Ghana M.Schlottner Asante Nationhood and Colonial Administrators, 1896-1935 I.Wilks Be(com)ing Asante, Be(com)ing Akan: Thoughts on Gender, Identity and the Colonial Encounter J.Allman Imagined Martial Communities: Recruiting for the Military and Police in Colonial Ghana, 1860-1960 D.Killingray Contested Identities: The History of Ethnicity in Northwestern Ghana C.Lentz 'A Few Lesser Peoples': The Central Togo Minorities and Their Ewe Neighbours P.Nugent The 1994 Civil War in Northern Ghana: The Genesis and Escalation of a 'Tribal' Conflict A.Bogner Promotion of Ghanaian Languages and its Impact on National Unity: The Dagara Language Case S.Bemile Index