This guide provides basic information about the culture and customs in Ghana. The book is part of the UM Flint library collection but you can request it by clicking on the "Get This" button.
From the preface: "This book elaborates on what not only makes the culture and customs of Ghana unique within the larger global cultural climate, but also identifies those characteristics that define the cultural values of the various ethnic and social groups within the West African country."
For each of the four regions (Middle East, Africa, East and Southeast Asia, South, Central and West Asia), provides an introduction to: arts, culture and science; biographies; conflicts and wars; cities, states, countries and territories; history; peoples and migration; society and daily life; politics, government and economy; religion.
This book addresses governance, production, and social life; the role of media; and the discourse surrounding large-scale development projects, revealing modernization's deep effects on the expressive culture of Africa.
This entry provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues of Ghana.