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7+ سنينالناشر | State University of New York Press |
رقم الكتاب المعياري الدولي 13 | 9781438474700 |
رقم الكتاب المعياري الدولي 10 | 1438474709 |
اللغة | الإنجليزية |
العنوان الفرعي للكتاب | African Americans In Ghana |
وصف الكتاب | After repeated coups and periods of military rule, Ghana is now one of Africa's longest enduring democratic republics. Exiles, Entrepreneurs, and Educators compares the political proclivities of two generations of African Americans who moved to Ghana. Steven J. L. Taylor blends archival and ethnographic research, including interviews, to provide a unique perspective on these immigrants who chose to leave an economically developed country and settle in an impoverished developing country. The first generation consisted of voluntary exiles from the US who arrived from 1957 to 1966, during the regime of President Kwame Nkrumah, and embraced both Nkrumah and his left-leaning political party. In contrast to the first generation, many in the second generation left the US to establish commercial enterprises in Ghana. Although they identified with the Democratic Party while living in the US, and were politically active, they avoided political activity in Ghana and many identified with the Ghanaian party that is modeled after the Republican Party in the US. Taylor dispels some of the incorrect assumptions about African politics and provides readers with an insightful look at how developing nations can embark upon a path toward democratization. |
المراجعة التحريرية | This book is an exciting addition to existing scholarship about African American expatriates in Ghana. -- April Copes, Anne Arundel Community College |
عن المؤلف | Steven J. L. Taylor is Associate Professor of Government at American University. He is the author of Desegregation in Boston and Buffalo: The Influence of Local Leaders, also published by SUNY Press. |
تاريخ النشر | 02 January 2020 |
عدد الصفحات | 156 |
Exiles, Entrepreneurs, And Educators: African Americans In Ghana paperback english - 02 January 2020