Smugglers, secessionists & loyal citizens on the Ghana-Toga frontier
Subtitle: the life of the borderlands since 1914
By: Paul Nugent.
Series: Western African studies
Publisher: Ohio University Press; James Currey; Sub-Saharan Publishers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Athens; Oxford; Legon, Ghana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Ewe (African people) -- History -- 20th century; Smuggling -- Togo -- History -- 20th century; Smuggling -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century; Togo -- Boundaries -- Ghana; Ghana -- Boundaries -- Togo
Other titles: Smugglers, secessionists, and loyal citizens on the Ghana-Toga frontier
Description: "This is the first integrated history of the Ghana-Togo borderlands. The result of two colonial partitions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the current border is usually regarded as a classically arbitrary European construct, resisted by Ewe irredentism. This book challenges this conventional wisdom, contending that whatever the origins of partition, border peoples quickly became knowing and active participants in the shaping of this international boundary." "Based on extensive archival and field research over nearly two decades, this book straddles the conventional divide between social and political history. It offers a reconstruction of a long-range history of smuggling and a reappraisal of Ewe identity in the light of recent debates. It will be of interest to African historians, political scientists, anthropologists, comparative borderlands scholars and others concerned with issues of criminality, identity and the state."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-292) and index.