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Between the Sea and the Lagoon: An Eco-social History of the Anlo of Southeastern Ghana c. 1850 to Recent Times
Contributor(s): Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku (Author)
ISBN: 0821414097     ISBN-13: 9780821414095
Publisher: Ohio University Press
OUR PRICE:   $34.60  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2002
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Africa - General
- History | Historical Geography
Dewey: 966.7
LCCN: 2001051018
Series: Western African Studies
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.1" W x 9.18" (0.85 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - African
 
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This study offers a "social interpretation of environmental process" for the coastal lowlands of southeastern Ghana. The Anlo-Ewe, sometimes hailed as the quintessential sea fishermen of the West African coast, are a previously non-maritime people who developed a maritime tradition. As a fishing community the Anlo have a strong attachment to their land. In the twentieth century coastal erosion has brought about a collapse of the balance between nature and culture. The Anlo have sought spiritual explanations but at the same time have responded politically by developing broader ties with Ewe-speaking peoples along the coast.