Overview
- Explores the history of a Ghanaian newspaper that had a lasting impact on the politics and culture of Ghana
- Links the independence movement on the Gold Coast to the early institutions of Ghana
- Contributes to the growing historiography of the emergent African press of the ninteenth and twentieth centuries
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is a history of a prominent Ghanaian newspaper, the Ashanti Pioneer, as well as well-known figurers in the country itself. It utilizes the stories published in the newspaper to recount the history of the press, including its key individuals and groups, and to provide a unique perspective on the most important events in the Gold Coast during the mid-twentieth century, just prior to and after independence. This work will show that the Ashanti Pioneer influenced public opinion on several subjects. From its opening in 1939, the newspaper contributed greatly to the spread of newsworthy information throughout Ghana, formerly known as the Gold Coast, from Kumasi to the coastline and to its Northern borders. Readers interested in African History, independence movements and newspaper history will find this work insightful.
Reviews
This anomalous study adds to several historiographies and expands our understanding in African/Africana intellectualism, Africana Press history, African Colonialism, and the African independence movement of the Gold Coast. Hargrove’s meticulously researched book underscores the Ashanti Pioneer/Pioneer’s significance to the liberation movement of the region; it specifically provides a historical analysis of newspaper’s impact in shaping public opinion across the region regarding world events, advent independence, political movements and much more. This is an informative and exciting read for all interested in Africana freedom struggles.
TaKeia N. Anthony, Ph.D., Interim Dean of Whitney Young Honors Collegium and Associate Professor of History, Kentucky State University
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jarvis L. Hargrove is Associate Professor of History and Director of African & African American Studies at East Carolina University, USA. He has published articles in the Journal of West African History, Liberian Studies Journal and Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana. He is also the recipient of an American Council of Learned Society Digital Extension Grant.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ghana’s Ashanti Pioneer Newspaper
Book Subtitle: Aim High, Strive Hard, Go Forward
Authors: Jarvis L. Hargrove
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11104-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11103-7Published: 30 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11106-8Published: 30 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-11104-4Published: 29 November 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 238
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: African Culture, Journalism, African History, African Literature