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Re-Thinking Development in Africa : An Oral History Approach from Botoku, Rural Ghana

By Komla Tsey

Book information

Publisher
Langaa RPCIG
Year
2011
ISBN
9789956726523, 9789956726509
LCC
HN832.A8 -- T74 2011eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5791083 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
180\180
Time added
2023-08-04 15:21:50
Community development -- Ghana. ; Social sciences

Description

In this thought provoking book, Komla Tsey argues that if governments, NGOs, development donor agencies and researchers are serious about development in Africa, they need to get down to ground level, both metaphorically and literally. They must search deep into Africa s own rich oral traditions by creating space and opportunity for ordinary Africans, whose voices have so far been conspicuously absent in the development discourse, to tell and share their own stories of development. Story-sharing as research methodology acts as a mirror, reflecting the participants self-evaluation of where they have come from, where they are now, and how to proceed into the future. They are strategies that can empower and enable individuals and communities of people to be agents of their own change which, in Tsey's view, is what development is all about."

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