Gold Coast diasporas : identity, culture, and power / Walter C. Rucker.

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"Although they came from distinct polities and peoples who spoke different languages, slaves from the African Gold Coast were collectively identified by Europeans as 'Coromantee' or 'Mina.' Why these ethnic labels were embraced and how they were utilized by enslaved Africans to develop new group ide...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Blacks in the diaspora.
Main Author:	Rucker, Walter C., 1970- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Series:	Blacks in the diaspora.
Subjects:	Akan (African people) > America > Social conditions. Enslaved persons > America > Social conditions. Black people > America > Ethnic identity > History. Africans > America > Ethnic identity > History. Power (Social sciences) > America > History. America > Ethnic relations > History. Ghana > Emigration and immigration > History. Côte d'Ivoire > Emigration and immigration > History. Togo > Emigration and immigration > History. African diaspora > History.
Physical Description:	xi, 326 pages ; 24 cm.
Format:	Book

Gold Coast diasporas identity, culture, and power

Authors: Rucker, Walter C., 1970-
Published: Indiana University Press, 2015

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