'Kola is God's gift'; agricultural production, export initiatives & the kola industry of Asante & the Gold Coast, c. 1820-1950.0821415735 'Kola is God's gift'; agricultural production, export initiatives & the kola kola: see cola. industry of Asante Asante or Ashanti People of southern Ghana and adjacent areas of Togo and Côte d'Ivoire. The largest segment of the Akan peoples, they speak Twi, a language of the Kwa group of Niger-Congo languages; all together the Akan peoples make up about half the & the Gold Coast, c. 1820-1950. Abaka, Edmund. Ohio University Press Ohio University Press is part of Ohio University. It publishes under its own name and the imprint Swallow Press. External links
2005 173 pages $49.95 Hardcover Western African studies African studies (also known as Africana studies) is the study of Africa, and can encompass such fields as social and economic development, politics, history, culture, sociology, anthropology or linguistics. A specialist in African studies is referred to as an Africanist. HD9259 Kola is one of the most versatile of "food-drugs," used as a commodity food item but also as a ritual stimulant stimulant, any substance that causes an increase in activity in various parts of the nervous system or directly increases muscle activity. Cerebral, or psychic, stimulants act on the central nervous system and provide a temporary sense of alertness and well-being as of fantasies, as an element of rites of passage, and as an element of confirming contracts and alliances. Its presence and production in Asante and the Gold Coast became a significant factor in the region's political and economic history. Abaka (African-American studies, U. of Miami) traces the social mores and customs that grew from kola, its production methods, its value to individuals and states, its role in trade with Hausaland and Lagos, and the reasons why kola did not follow the path of cocoa into the international market. He also describes the differences between "food" and "drugs" in traditional, transitional and modern societies. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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