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Nima-Maamobi in Ghana's Postcolonial Development: Migration, Islam and Social Transformation

By Charles Prempeh

Book information

Publisher
Langaa RPCIG
Year
2022
ISBN
9956552569, 9789956552566
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (21967585 bytes)
Pages
256\283
Time added
2022-09-20 10:43:47

Description

This book provides a deep insight into the socio-economic reality and complexity of two of Ghana's largest slums - Nima and Maamobi - located in the capital city, Accra. It identifies and analyses the socio-religious, cultural and political contexts of the two communities. These are ethnically and religiously diverse populations with a common history of migration and integration. The book shows that the causes of economic stagnation and underdevelopment in the two slums are deeply contextualised, complex and nuanced. Through a biographical examination of the political activism of Agnes Amoah, a foremost local leader, the book brings to bear how Mrs. Amoah also brought socio-economic transformation to the communities by breaking cultural, religious and gender barriers in the interest of conviviality. In context, the book sheds important insight on the urban, political and the local and translocal histories that have shaped the social transformations of Nima and Maamobi.

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