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Ghana - REFERENCE



Ghana - Bibliography

Afrifa, Akwasi A. The Ghana Coup. London: Cass, 1966.

Agbodeka, Francis. African Politics and British Policy in the
     Gold Coast, 1868-1900. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern
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Alexander, H.T. African Tightrope: My Two Years as Nkrumah's
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Allman, Jean Marie. The Quills of the Porcupine: Asante
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Anquandah, James. "The Archaeological Evidence for the Emergence of
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Anquandah, James. Rediscovering Ghana's Past. Essex:
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Apter, David E. The Gold Coast in Transition. Princeton:
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Arhin, Kwame. "The Structure of Greater Ashanti," Journal of
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Austin, Dennis. "Opposition in Ghana, 1947-67," Government
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Austin, Dennis. "Return to Ghana," African Affairs
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Austin, Dennis. "The Ghana Armed Forces and Ghanaian Society,"
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Austin, Dennis, and Robin Luckham. Politicians and Soldiers in
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Boahen, A. Adu. The Ghanaian Sphinx: Reflections on the
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Bretton, Henry L. The Rise and Fall of Kwame Nkrumah: A

     Study of Personal Rule in Africa. New York: Praeger,
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Busia, Kofi Abrefa. The Position of the Chief in the Modern
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Chazan, Naomi. An Anatomy of Ghanaian Politics: Managing
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Chazan, Naomi. "Liberalization, Governance, and Political Space in
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Chazan, Naomi. "The Political Transformation of Ghana under the
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     Political Economy of Recovery. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne
     Rienner, 1991.

Claridge, William Walton. A History of the Gold Coast and
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Cooper, Frederick. "The Problem of Slavery in African Studies,"
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Crowder, Michael, and J.F. Ade Ajayi (eds.). History of West
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Curtin, Philip D. The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Census.
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Davidson, Basil. Black Star: A View of the Life and Times of
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Decalo, Samuel. Coups and Army Rule in Africa: Studies in
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Edsman, Bjorn M. Lawyers in Gold Coast Politics, ca. 1900-
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Fage, J.D. A History of West Africa: An Introductory
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Fage, J.D. "Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Context of West
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Fage, J.D. "Reflections on the Early History of the Mossi-

Dagomba Group of States." Pages 177-92 in Jan Vansina, et al.
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Finley, Moses I. Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology.
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Fitch, Robert Beck, and Mary Oppenheimer. Ghana: End of an
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Forde, Daryll, and P.M. Kaberry (eds.). West African Kingdoms
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Fynn, John K. Asante and Its Neighbours, 1700-1807.
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Ghana. Supreme Military Council. Office of the Press Secretary.
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Goldsworthy, David. "Ghana's Second Republic: A Post Mortem,"
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Hailey, William M. Native Administration in the British African
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Hargreaves, John D. The End of Colonial Rule in West
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Harrell-Bond, Barbara E. Ghana's Troubled Transition to
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Harrell-Bond, Barbara E. Diary of a Revolution 'Which Might
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     1980.

Haynes, Jeff. "Human Rights and Democracy in Ghana: The Record of
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Haynes, Jeff. "The PNDC and Political Decentralization in Ghana,
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Howard, Rhoda. Colonialism and Underdevelopment in Ghana.
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Hyden, Goran, and Michael Bratton (eds.). Governance and
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International Monetary Fund. Ghana: Adjustment and Growth,
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Jeffries, Richard. "Rawlings and the Political Economy of
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Jeffries, Richard. "The Ghanaian Elections of 1979," African
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Kimble, David. A Political History of Ghana, 1850-1928.
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Kraus, Jon. "Arms and Politics in Ghana." Pages 154-221 in Claude
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Ladouceur, Paul Andre. Chiefs and Politicians: The Politics of
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Lawrence, Arnold Walter. Trade, Castles, and Forts of West
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Lawrence, Arnold Walter. Fortified Trade-posts: The English in
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LeVine, Victor T. Political Corruption: The Ghana Case.
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Levtzion, Nehemia. Muslims and Chiefs in West Africa.
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Lugard, Frederick. The Dual Mandate in British Tropical
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McCaskie, Thomas. "Komfo Anokye of Asante: Meaning, History and
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McCaskie, Thomas. State and Society in Precolonial Asante.
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Makepeace, Margaret. "English Traders on the Gold Coast, 1657-1668:
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Martin, Eveline Christiana. The British West African
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Mbaeyi, Paul Mmegha. British Military and Naval Forces in West
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Metcalfe, George E. Maclean of the Gold Coast. London:
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Meyerowitz, Eva L.R. The Early History of the Akan States of
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Ninsin, Kwame. "Ghanaian Politics After 1981: Revolution or
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Ninsin, Kwame, and F.K. Drah (eds.). The Search for Democracy
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Nkrumah, Kwame. Consciencism: Philosophy and Ideology of
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Nkrumah, Kwame. Africa Must Unite. New York: Praeger,
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Nkrumah, Kwame. I Speak of Freedom: A Statement of African
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Nkrumah, Kwame. Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of
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Omari, T. Peter. Kwame Nkrumah: Anatomy of an African
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Owusu, Maxwell. "The Search for Solvency: Background to the Fall of
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Owusu, Maxwell. "Ghana: What Went Wrong, A Response," Africa
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Owusu, Maxwell. "Politics Without Parties: Reflections on the Union
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Owusu-Ansah, David, and Daniel M. McFarland. Historical
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Pellow, Deborah, and Naomi Chazan. Ghana: Coping with
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Pickney, Robert. Ghana under Military Rule: 1966-1969.
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Rathbone, Richard (ed.). British Documents on the End of
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Robertson, Claire C., and Martin Klein. Women and Slavery in
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Rodney, Walter. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa.
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Welch, Claude E., Jr. (ed.). Soldier and State in Africa: A
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Yarak, Larry W. Asante and the Dutch. London: Oxford
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