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Why do Ghanaians suppress the history of enslavement? This book tackles this question by analyzing the slave trade's absence from public versions of coastal Ghanaian family and community histories, its troubled presentation in the country's classrooms and nationalist narratives, and its elaboration by the transnational tourism industry.

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"I thoroughly enjoyed reading this fascinating book. Indeed, it is rare to find such a sensitive account of how people deal with painful memories of the past and the complex social forces that dictate the shape and form that those memories of the past take." - Jennifer Cole, author of Forget Colonialism?"

Routes of Remembrance

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/11/2007
      ISBN13: 9780226349763, 978-0226349763
      ISBN10: 0226349764
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      Regional / International studies Social and cultural history

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      Book Synopsis
      Why do Ghanaians suppress the history of enslavement? This book tackles this question by analyzing the slave trade's absence from public versions of coastal Ghanaian family and community histories, its troubled presentation in the country's classrooms and nationalist narratives, and its elaboration by the transnational tourism industry.

      Trade Review
      "I thoroughly enjoyed reading this fascinating book. Indeed, it is rare to find such a sensitive account of how people deal with painful memories of the past and the complex social forces that dictate the shape and form that those memories of the past take." - Jennifer Cole, author of Forget Colonialism?"

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