Korle Meets the Sea
Author | : Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 1997-02-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195345186 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195345185 |
Rating | : 4/5 (185 Downloads) |
Download or read book Korle Meets the Sea written by Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997-02-13 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghana has played a key role in African/Western relations since medieval times. For this reason and others, Ghana has evolved into a linguistic quilt that contains forty-four indigenous languages and several exotic ones, of which most Ghanians speak at least two. Using Accra, Ghana's capital, as a microcosm, Dakubu conducts a linguistic, historical, and ethnographic investigation of the origins and durability of this multilingualism and how it has effected Ghanaian society.