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Drink, power, and cultural change

Drink, power, and cultural change

Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong · 1996 · 201 pages

Drinking of alcoholic beveragesSocial conditionsSocial aspects of Drinking of alcoholic beveragesSocial changeHistoryGhana, social life and customs

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This analysis of the social history of alcohol in Ghana since the early 19th century blends the approaches of history, anthropology, social medicine, theology and political science. Sources used include proverbs, music, comic opera, popular literature, photographs, and colonial archives.

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