The Sunshine Land: Ghana Fifty: Memories of Independence, 1957: Ghana at Fifty: Memories of Independence, 1957 - Brossura

Wedd, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1425980309 ISBN 13: 9781425980306

Casa editrice: AuthorHouseUK, 2007

Riassunto

Fifty years ago, David Wedd was a young army officer in West Africa’s Gold Coast, when that country became Ghana, the first black African colony to gain independence from British rule.    In an account that is by turns exciting, funny and poignant, he depicts the changeover ‘from the inside’.

     His lively portrait of the emerging nation introduces us to a whole gallery of characters: the European and African soldiers in his Battalion; traders and market women; religious leaders and witch-doctors; sportsmen, teachers and musicians; and political leaders, including Ghana’s first Prime Minister, Kwame Nkrumah.    He tells of his work as an intelligence officer in the new nation and his exploration of the rain forest with its exotic scenery and wildlife, and he shares with us his journey north, through Burkina Faso and Mali to the Sahara Desert and the old town of Timbuktu.

    Throughout these pages his love of West Africa, with its varied landscapes and above all its exuberant people, is inescapable.

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L'autore:

After a long and successful teaching career, David Wedd now lives in the beautiful and friendly island of Alderney, only eight miles from the French coast. A keen photographer and a well-known entomologist, he takes pleasure in the spectacular scenery and varied wildlife of his Channel Island home.

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• Editore: AuthorHouseUK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1425980309
• ISBN 13: 9781425980306
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 292