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OverviewKofi DOnkO was a blacksmith and farmer, as well as an important healer, intellectual, spiritual leader, settler of disputes, and custodian of shared values for his Ghanaian community. In Our Own Way in This Part of the World Kwasi Konadu centers DOnkO's life story and experiences in a communography of DOnkO's community and nation from the late nineteenth century through the end of the twentieth, which were shaped by historical forces from colonial Ghana's cocoa boom to decolonization and political and religious parochialism. Although DOnkO touched the lives of thousands of citizens and patients, neither he nor they appear in national or international archives covering the region. Yet his memory persists in his intellectual and healing legacy, and the story of his community offers a non-national, decolonized example of social organization structured around spiritual forces that serves as a powerful reminder of the importance for scholars to take their cues from the lived experiences and ideas of the people they study. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kwasi KonaduPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9781478004783ISBN 10: 1478004789 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 06 May 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Libation: Matters Connected with Our Culture 17 2. Homelands: In Search of Past Events 44 3. Tools of the Trade: I was a Blacksmith . . . Before I Became [a Healer] 73 4. Medicine, Marriage, and Politics: Assist this State to have Progress 107 5. Independences: Never Mingled Himself in Local Politics 137 6. Anthropologies of Medicine and Africa: When the Whiteman First Came 166 7. Uncertain Moments and Memory: Our Ancestral Spirits, Come and Have Drink 195 Epilogue 228 Notes 239 Bibliography 287 Notes 307ReviewsA compelling history of people and their community in twentieth century Ghana. Konadu has gathered an impressive archive, based on which he succeeds to capture societal changes and dynamics in their lived refractions and complexities. ... Konadu makes an important contribution to an everyday and social history of twentieth century Ghana. -- Benedikt Pontzen * African Studies Quarterly * Konadu refers to his work as a 'communography' and offers a portrait of the community of which Kofi DOnkO was a hub. This approach creates a deeply grounded history... [in which] he tries to present the world as DOnkO might have seen it, offering a refreshing perspective. This innovative study is recommended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. -- G. Mann * Choice * Konadu has written a curious biography of Takyiman, a Bono (Akan) community in central Ghana. . . . This innovative study is recommended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. -- G. Mann * Choice * Konadu refers to his work as a 'communography' and offers a portrait of the community of which Kofi DOnkO was a hub. This approach creates a deeply grounded history... [in which] he tries to present the world as DOnkO might have seen it, offering a refreshing perspective. This innovative study is recommended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. -- G. Mann * Choice * A compelling history of people and their community in twentieth century Ghana. Konadu has gathered an impressive archive, based on which he succeeds to capture societal changes and dynamics in their lived refractions and complexities. ... Konadu makes an important contribution to an everyday and social history of twentieth century Ghana. -- Benedikt Pontzen * African Studies Quarterly * Author InformationKwasi Konadu is John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair in Africana and Latin American Studies at Colgate University and the author and editor of several books, including The Ghana Reader: History, Culture, Politics, also published by Duke University Press, and Transatlantic Africa, 1440–1888. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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