 | RECOMMENDED READING
| | | Ghana - A Travellers' Guide by Jojo Cobbinah is good for a quick dose of interesting cultural tidbits.No worries! is published by the North American Women's Association and targets its practical information about life in Accra towards long-term visitors.The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah is a sharp, sardonic observation of corrupt post-independence politics masquerading as an engaging novel.This Earth, My Brother is Kofi Awoonor's first and best-known novel, telling the story of a young African lawyer who works within the confines of the judicial system inherited from the British.Amu Djoleto's Hurricane of Dust tells the story of a petty thief and supporter of the revolution who falls afoul of the regime and pays dearly for it.Changes: A Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo is a contemporary novel about a modern Ghanaian woman's life in Accra.The Fall of the Asante Empire: The Hundred-Year War for Africa's Gold Coast by Robert B Edgerton offers an anthropologist's view of the century-long conflict between the British and Ghana's Ashanti people.The Politics of Reform in Ghana, 1982-1991 by Jeffrey Herbst and Smadar Lavie provides a scholarly look at Ghana's recent political history.
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