Recommended Reading

Aidoo, Ama Ata. No Sweetness Here and Other Stories. New York, N.Y.: The Feminist Press, 1995. 


Amamoo, J.G. The New Ghana: The Birth of a Nation. Lincoln, Neb.: Authors Choice Press, 2000. 


Bartels, Peggielene, Herman, Eleanor. King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village. New York, New York: First Anchor Books Edition, 2013.

Birmingham, David. Kwame Nkrumah: Father Of African Nationalism. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press; Rev. edition, 1998. 


Cole, Catherine M. Ghana’s Concert Party Theater. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2001. 


Briggs, Phillip. Ghana: The Bradt Travel Guide, 3rd Edition. Chalfont St. Peter: Bradt Travel Guides,

Gaines, James. 12 Days in Ghana: Reunions, Revelations & Reflections. Bloomington, Ind.: Authorhouse, 2002. 


McCaskie, T. C. Asante Identities: History and Modernity in an African Village, 1850-1950. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2001. 


McFarland, Daniel Miles. Historical Dictionary of Ghana. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, third edition, 2005. 


McKissack, Patricia. The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa. Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) (1995). 


Mikell, Gwendolin. Cocoa and Chaos in Ghana. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press; Reprint edition, 1991. 


Otoo, David. Authentic African Cuisine from Ghana, 1st Edition. East Orange, NJ: Sankofa Books, 1997.