Kola Is God S Gift
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Kola Is God S Gift
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Author : Edmund Kobina Abaka
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Kola Is God S Gift written by Edmund Kobina Abaka and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Kola nut industry categories.
"The book delineates the kola production zone in Asante and the Gold Coast, and discusses the diffusion of kola production from old to new areas as the kola trade became lucrative to both individuals and the Asante state. It discusses the northern and southern axis of the kola trade to Hausaland and Lagos respectively and accounts for the reorientation of the trade after 1874. Labour and resource needs of kola farmers and traders are also discussed in detail. The book ends with an explanation of why kola, unlike cocoa, failed to break into the international market." "The book is the first major study of an industry that, together with gold, enabled Asante to sustain its military capacity and, hence, resist British attempts to control trade and Asante political economy. The only other major study of kola in West Africa dealt with Nigeria. Additionally, the pharmacological, therapeutic, and social significance of kola open an important window into African life, beliefs and thought. Finally, the study of kola establishes a bridge between the history of food and the history of 'drugs' in both 'traditional' and 'modern' societies."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Asante World
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Author : Edmund Abaka
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-05-30
The Asante World written by Edmund Abaka and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-30 with History categories.
The Asante World provides fresh perspectives on the Asante, the largest Akan group in Southern Ghana, and what new scholars are thinking and writing about the "world the Asante made." By employing a thematic approach, the volume interrogates several dimensions of Asante history including state formation, Asante-Ahafo and Bassari-Dagomba relations in the context of Asante northward expansion, and the expansion to the south. It examines the role of Islam which, although extremely intense for just a short time, had important ramifications. Together the essays excavate key aspects of Asante political economy and culture, exemplified in kola nut production, the kente/adinkra cloth types and their associated symbols, proverbs, and drum language. The Asante World explores the Asante origins of Jamaican maroons, Asante secular government, contemporary politics of progress, governance through the institution of Ahemaa or Queenmothers, epidemiology and disease, and education in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Featuring innovative and insightful contributions from leading historians of the Asante world, this volume is essential reading for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars concerned with African Studies, African diaspora history, the history of Ghana and the Gold Coast, the history of Islam in Africa, and Asante history.
Bottled
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Author : Sara Byala
language : en
Publisher: Hurst Publishers
Release Date : 2023-07-06
Bottled written by Sara Byala and has been published by Hurst Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-06 with Social Science categories.
Travel to virtually any African country and you are likely to find a Coca-Cola, often a cold one at that. Bottled asks how this carbonated drink became ubiquitous across the continent, and what this reveals about the realities of globalisation, development and capitalism. Bottled is the first assessment of the social, commercial and environmental impact of one of the planet’s biggest brands and largest corporations, in Africa. Sara Byala charts the company’s century-long involvement in everything from recycling and education to the anti-apartheid struggle, showing that Africans have harnessed Coca-Cola in varied expressions of modernity and self-determination: this is not a story of American capitalism running amok, but rather of a company becoming African, bending to consumer power in ways big and small. In late capitalism, everyone’s fates are bound together. A beverage in Atlanta and a beverage in Johannesburg pull us all towards the same end narrative. This story matters for more than just the local reasons, enhancing our understanding of our globalised, integrated world. Drawing on fieldwork and research in company archives, Byala asks a question for our time: does Coca-Cola’s generative work offset the human and planetary costs associated with its growth in the twenty-first century?
Top 100 Food Plants
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Author : Ernest Small
language : en
Publisher: NRC Research Press
Release Date : 2009
Top 100 Food Plants written by Ernest Small and has been published by NRC Research Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Nature categories.
"This beautifully illustrated book reviews scientific and technological information about the world's major food plants and their culinary uses. An introductory chapter discusses nutritional and other fundamental scientific aspects of plant foods. The 100 main chapters deal with a particular species or group of species. All categories of food plants are covered, including cereals, oilseeds, fruits, nuts, vegetables, legumes, herbs, spices, beverage plants and sources of industrial food extracts. Information is provided on scientific and common names, appearance, history, economic and social importance, food uses (including practical information on storage and preparation), as well as notable curiosities. There are more than 3000 literature citations in the book and the text is complemented by over 250 exquisitely drawn illustrations. Given the current, alarming rise in food costs and increasing risk of hunger in many regions, specialists in diverse fields will find this reference work to be especially useful. As well, those familiar with Dr. Small's books or those with an interest in gardening, cooking and human health in relation to diet will want to own a copy of this book."--Publisher's web site.
The Deep Blue Between
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Author : Ayesha Harruna Attah
language : en
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Release Date : 2020-10-15
The Deep Blue Between written by Ayesha Harruna Attah and has been published by Pushkin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-15 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A teen feminist epic of love, courage and determination, as twin sisters try to find each other again in 19th-century West Africa and Brazil 'Uplifting... sizzles with sister-love and magic. What an incredible story-teller!' Yaba Badoe, author of A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars Twin sisters Hassana and Husseina are torn apart after a brutal raid on their village. This tragedy will set them on a voyage to unfamiliar cities and cultures where they will forge new families, ward off dangers and begin to truly know themselves. As the twins pursue separate paths in Brazil and the Gold Coast of West Africa, they remain connected through their shared dreams. But will they ever manage to find each other again? A rich, sweeping historical adventure, The Deep Blue Between is a moving story of the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood
A Basket Of Kola Nuts
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Author : Bongasu-Tanla-Kishani
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2009
A Basket Of Kola Nuts written by Bongasu-Tanla-Kishani and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
Bold, original and stimulating in its inspirational insights, A Basket of Kola Nuts explores Cameroonís cultures as remarkable pivots of moral rectitude and such sickening vicious-circles as bribery and corruption. Ethnically grass-rooted and globalizing rather than alarmingly exotic and exclusive, this poetic diction of form-content aims at revitalizing its material contents to sever it from extinction and revamp cultural values that break the patience of silence to question deviation rather than the concrete interface of cultural identities and differences. Uprightly appealing, this poetry gathers kola seeds that fall apart in crisis to invite readers world-wide to taste its kolaly aroma.
The Yoruba
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Author : Akinwumi Ogundiran
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2020-11-03
The Yoruba written by Akinwumi Ogundiran and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-03 with History categories.
The Yoruba: A New History is the first transdisciplinary study of the two-thousand-year journey of the Yoruba people, from their origins in a small corner of the Niger-Benue Confluence in present-day Nigeria to becoming one of the most populous cultural groups on the African continent. Weaving together archaeology with linguistics, environmental science with oral traditions, and material culture with mythology, Ogundiran examines the local, regional, and even global dimensions of Yoruba history. The Yoruba: A New History offers an intriguing cultural, political, economic, intellectual, and social history from ca. 300 BC to 1840. It accounts for the events, peoples, and practices, as well as the theories of knowledge, ways of being, and social valuations that shaped the Yoruba experience at different junctures of time. The result is a new framework for understanding the Yoruba past and present.
Dan Ge Performance
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Author : Daniel B. Reed
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2003-08-21
Dan Ge Performance written by Daniel B. Reed and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08-21 with History categories.
Ge, formerly translated as "mask" or "masquerade," appears among the Dan people of Côte d'Ivoire as a dancing and musical embodiment of their social ideals and religious beliefs. In Dan Ge Performance, Daniel B. Reed sets out to discover what resides at the core of Ge. He finds that Ge is defined as part of a religious system, a form of entertainment, an industry, a political tool, an instrument of justice, and a form of resistance—and it can take on multiple roles simultaneously. He sees genu (pl.) dancing the latest dance steps, co-opting popular music, and acting in concert with Ivorian authorities to combat sorcery. Not only are the bounds of traditional performance stretched, but Ge performance becomes a strategy for helping the Dan to establish individual and community identity in a world that is becoming more religiously and ethnically diverse. Readers interested in all aspects of expressive culture in West Africa will find fascinating material in this rich and penetrating book.
Soul Of The Deep
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Author : Natasha Bowen
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2022-09-29
Soul Of The Deep written by Natasha Bowen and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-29 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
For fans of The Gilded Ones, Children of Blood and Bone, and Circe, this is the breathtaking follow-up to SKIN OF THE SEA - an epic love story infused with West African mythology and a powerful new imagining of a devastating time in history, told through the eyes of a bold and unforgettable heroine. One life. One choice. One sacrifice. To save those closest to her, Simi sacrificed everything - her freedom, her life as mami wata, and the boy she loves. Now she serves a new god, watching over the Land of the Dead at the bottom of the ocean. But the tide of change is coming and when Simi discovers demons have entered the human realm bent on destruction, she must break her vow and return to the world above the water. The fate of the world lies in her hands. Praise for SKIN OF THE SEA - a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: 'Epic and original . . . Simi's story will stay with me for a long time' Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything 'The most engrossing, thought-provoking, beautiful novel . . . knocks your socks off and leaves you wanting more' Namina Forna, New York Times bestselling author of The Gilded Ones 'A triumph of storytelling' Kalynn Bayron, bestselling author of Cinderella is Dead 'This poignant supernatural romance stands out for its sensuous prose' Financial Times 'Fantastical creatures and vengeful gods form a vivid backdrop to this rich and original story of one girl's journey to find herself' Observer (YA Books of Month)
Consuming Habits
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Author : Jordan Goodman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-07-26
Consuming Habits written by Jordan Goodman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-26 with History categories.
This pioneering collection of original essays explores the rich analytical category of psycho- active substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives. Psychoactive substances have been central to the formation of civilizations and the growth of the world economy. Consuming Habits describes how and why: tea and coffee replaced beer on the breakfast tables of 18th century Europe in Islamic emirates at the turn of the century kola nuts formed part of tax payments, and were given as gifts by so-called `big men' In 1902 opera singers had their doctors prescribe them cocaine to aid singing the original version of `coca-cola' was described as a `brain tonic.' This pioneering collection of original essays explores the rich analytical category of psychoactive substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives.
