Greene, Sandra E., 1952-

West African narratives of slavery : texts from late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Ghana / Sandra E. Greene. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2011. - xiv, 280 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - African Studies / History .

Includes bibliographical references[263] 275and index.

Aaron Kuku : the life history of a former slave -- Enslavement remembered -- The life history of Aaron Kuku -- The biographies of Lydia Yawo and Yosef Famfantor : life in slavery/life after abolition -- To stay or go : exploring the decisions of the formerly enslaved -- Come over and help us! : the life journey of Lydia Yawo, a freed slave -- Yosef Famfantor -- Paul Sands's diary : living with the past/constructing the present and the future -- Open secrets and sequestered stories : a diary about family, slavery, and self in southeastern Ghana -- The diary of Paul Sands : excerpts -- A kidnapping at Atorkor : the making of a community memory -- Our citizens, our kin enslaved -- Oral traditions about individuals enslaved.

9780253356079 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253356075 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780253222947 (pbk. : alk. paper) 025322294X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Slave narratives--History and criticism.--Ghana
Slavery--History--Ghana
Slave trade--History.--Ghana

B HT 1394 / G812w 2011