Ghanian Culture and Travel
Ghana by Call Number: DT 510.4 .U75 2010ISBN: 1857334744Publication Date: 2009-03-24This 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.
Ghana by Call Number: DT 510.4 .K831 1999ISBN: 996497860XPublication Date: 1999-01-01This book offers and introduction to Ghana and its people, culture and customs.
Rural Development in Northern Ghana by Call Number: HN832.Z9 C672 2013ISBN: 1624171028Publication Date: 2013-01-01The book discusses contemporary development issues in Northern Ghana through the discussion of different case studies.
Fiction
Ghana Must Go by Call Number: PS 3619 .E456 G43 2014ISBN: 0143179152Publication Date: 2014"Electric, exhilarating, and beautifully crafted, Ghana Must Go introduces the world to Taiye Selasi, a novelist of extraordinary talent. In a sweeping narrative that takes readers from Accra to Lagos to London to New York, it is at once a portrait of a modern family and an exploration of the importance of where we come from to who we are."
The Clothes of Nakedness by Call Number: Online BookISBN: 0435912011Publication Date: 1998-05-19An African crime novel on a small-time crook in Accra, Ghana's capital, who makes a living selling drugs. A first novel by a Ghanaian-American writer.
Current Events
- New York Times: Articles about GhanaNews about Ghana, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
- The Economist: Articles about GhanaArticles covering Ghana in this respected magazine.
- The Guardian: Articles about GhanaArticles covering Ghana from this British national newspaper.
Films & Documentaries
- Boys of Bukom"On the premiere of VICELAND's new show VICE World of Sports, we visit the Ghanaian slum of Bukom, which has produced more world champion fighters per capita than anywhere else in the world."
- Nova: A walk to beautiful2008 documentary about three Ethiopian women, rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, who leave home in search of seeking treatment for obstetric fistula. The program follows them walking for hours on their journey to transportation to a special hospital in Addis Ababa where they find solace for the first time in years, and stays with them as their lives begin to change.
Scholarly Articles and Books
- Learning from developing countries in strengthening health systems: an evaluation of personal and professional impact among global health volunteers at Addis Ababa University’s Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (Ethiopia)The objectives of this study were to identify what kinds of impact global partnerships have on health volunteers from developed countries, advance this emerging body of knowledge, and improve understanding of methods and indicators for assessing reverse innovation.
- The health workforce in Ethiopia addressing the remaining challengesThis document reviews the current Human Resources for Health situation in Ethiopia, summarizes the evidence on population use of select health services, and offers relevant policy options to assist the government finalize its new Human Resources Strategy and address remaining health challenges.
Ghana - Country Profiles
- BBC Country Profiles - GhanaBasic information about Ghana from BBC News. Freely available website.
- Europa World Plus - GhanaDetailed political, economic, and geographic information about Ghana.
- NationMaster - Country Profile - GhanaCountry profiles are available along with maps and graphs comparing countries' crime, economy, education, energy, environment, geography, government, health, media, military, people, sports and transportation. Freely available website.
Local Newspapers
- Graphic OnlineState-owned online newspaper.
- The HeraldWeekly newspaper.
- The Ghanian TimesState-owned daily.
Related Library Guides
- African Studies Library Research GuideSuggested resources for research in African studies.