Publications

Publication details [#32183]

Hawkins, Sean. 2002. Writing and colonialism in Northern Ghana: The encounter between the LoDagaa and ‘the world on paper’. University of Toronto Press. XV+468 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

colonialism | language and society | writing

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This book on writing and colonialism deals with the transformative role of written documents in the social and mental life of the LoDagaa in Northern Ghana.

Reviewed by

Olson, David R. 2003. Review of $Writing and colonialism in Northern Ghana: The encounter between the LoDagaa and ‘the world on paper’.