Richard Rathbone

Murder and Politics in Colonial Ghana

In 1943, ritual murder was committed in a large African kingdom in the south of Ghana, then a colony of Great Britain. Palace officials and close kin ...

African History: A Very Short Introduction

Intended for those interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this work looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changi...

African History: A Very Short Introduction

Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's pa...

Africa and the Second World War

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Nkrumah & the Chiefs

The Politics of Chieftaincy in Ghana, 1951-60

The end of independent chieftaincy must be one of the most fundamental changes in the long history of Ghana, and one of the central achievements that ...

Letter to the President of the Liverpool Anti-Slavery Society [on the working of the system of Negro Apprenticeship].

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Have You Heard My Message to My Fathers?

The Private Consciences and Public Lives of Two Remarkable Africans : an Inaugural Lecture Delivered on 30 May 1996

This inaugural lecture focuses on two very different Africans: the most influential king of the Gold Coast, Nana Sir Ofori Atta I and Isaac, the son o...

Politics and Murder

A Case from West Africa in the 1940s

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The Conservative Nationalist Tradition in Ghana

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