Ghana in Pictures

Ghana in Pictures

Author: Yvette La Pierre

Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9780822519973

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Introduces through text and photographs the land, history, government, people, and economy of Ghana.


The Pen-Pictures of Modern Africans and African Celebrities by Charles Francis Hutchison

The Pen-Pictures of Modern Africans and African Celebrities by Charles Francis Hutchison

Author: Doortmont

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-01-04

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13: 9047406346

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The Pen-Pictures is a well-known source for the history of the Gold Coast, modern Ghana, cited and quoted by both professional historians and interested lay-people. This annotated edition is the first reprint of the book and offers a lively and both historically and literarily interesting text about an important phase in Ghanaian history. The added introduction and annotation offer a context hitherto unavailable to the scholar and general reader.


Ghana

Ghana

Author: Max Milligan

Publisher: Idlewild

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780954587635

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Dust & Grooves

Dust & Grooves

Author: Eilon Paz

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2015-09-15

Total Pages: 577

ISBN-13: 1607748703

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A photographic look into the world of vinyl record collectors—including Questlove—in the most intimate of environments—their record rooms. Compelling photographic essays from photographer Eilon Paz are paired with in-depth and insightful interviews to illustrate what motivates these collectors to keep digging for more records. The reader gets an up close and personal look at a variety of well-known vinyl champions, including Gilles Peterson and King Britt, as well as a glimpse into the collections of known and unknown DJs, producers, record dealers, and everyday enthusiasts. Driven by his love for vinyl records, Paz takes us on a five-year journey unearthing the very soul of the vinyl community.


Mali in Pictures

Mali in Pictures

Author: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books

Published: 2006-10-01

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 0822565919

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Learn about the people and place sof Mali.


Master Weaver from Ghana

Master Weaver from Ghana

Author: Gilbert Bobbo Ahiagble

Publisher: Open Hand Publishing, LLC

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 094088061X

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A contemporary male weaver from Ghana explains how his people maintain the tradition of weaving, including an explanation of the strip weaving of Kente cloth and its importance in their Ewe culture.


Visions of Ghana

Visions of Ghana

Author: Professor Kwame Addo

Publisher: Partridge Publishing

Published: 2015-02-23

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9781482805840

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A vision or dream provides the core philosophy that directs all physical developments, transforming and raising the living standards of people; but first we have to decode the vision. The 'Visions of Ghana' handbook vividly imagines, illustrates and projects a comprehensive and interactive approach serving as a road map for positive national physical development. In understanding the physical and economic geography of Ghana, we appropriately locate and develop production and service zones in the mining, agriculture, transport, energy, construction, ICT and tourism industries while guiding and reviving human settlements, enabling capital investment opportunities and socio-economic planning principles; sensitizing and carrying the people along as development partners. Infrastructure and human resource development secure ready access to the necessities of life in a stable environment. ..But there are complicated developmental challenges ahead. An inspirational master piece of hope. DECODING DEVELOPMENT See it.. Read it.. Believe it!


Kumasi Realism, 1951-2007

Kumasi Realism, 1951-2007

Author: Atta Kwami

Publisher: Hurst & Company

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781849040877

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This text explores a burgeoning body of West African artistic production that draws upon photography, advertising, graphic design, European art history and Ghanaian history and culture.