Presents an overview of Ghana, including its geography, history, industry, economy, and customs.
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Grade 5-9 This survey of contemporary life in Ghana begins with a chapter on a day in the life of one boy, which personalizes the context of the descriptive chapters that follow on the diversity of Ghana, its prehistory, history, geography, political organization, economy, social life, and culture. The focus is on southern Ghana, with shorter references to life in the north. The historical chapters are related to the prehistory of the rest of West Africa and general features of colonialism. Political problems since independence are discussed in a balanced manner. The diversity of life is exemplified; accomplishments and problems are presented in an objective manner; and the general tone is optimistic. The photographs, most of which are in color, and six maps are closely integrated with the text. A final section which concisely summarizes information by major topics will be useful for school assignments. This volume updates Ghana (Childrens, 1977; o.p.) by Allan Carpenter and includes different historical and cultural material. Although there are some over-generalizations in the text and illustration captions, and the text is diffuse in a few places because of the attempt to cover a wide range of material, the text is generally interesting, accurate, and well written. Ghana can be read for pleasure and used for social studies assignments in school. Nancy J. Schmidt, Indiana University Library, Bloomington
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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