Date of Award
8-11-2015
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
First Advisor
Harcourt Fuller
Second Advisor
Kathryn Wilson
Third Advisor
John Way
Abstract
In 1957 Ghana became the first nation in Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve independence from a European colonial power. During this time Kwame Nkrumah’s government concerned itself with the creation of a national identity that would speak to the new African Personality and Nkrumah’s Pan-African goals. In Nkrumah’s national project, regional cultural and economic contributions were at times subsumed. The absence of an identifiable national cuisine is a lens into ethnic conflict generated in part by the crafting of the national identity. I argue that in general the absence of a national cuisine represents the strength of the desire to maintain regional cultural boundaries in Ghana. Additionally, the structural challenges that Ghana faces, and apprehension surrounding its colonial legacy, impede the development of a national cuisine.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/7182591
Recommended Citation
Miller, Brandi, "Food and Nationalism in an Independent Ghana." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2015.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/7182591