Jeffrey S Ahlman
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 86038 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jeffrey S Ahlman |
| NOMBRES | Jeffrey S |
| APELLIDO | Ahlman |
| FIRMA | AHLMAN J S |
| AFILIACIONES | Smith College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5031-4073 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 62 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Cosmopolitan Nationalism in Ghana
Independent Africa
In 1957, Ghana achieved its independence, a moment that has come to represent the unleashing of the era of African decolonization. By the middle of the following decade, the majority of the continent would attain independence and mark a generation of political leaders with the task of defining the meanings, structures, and values of African self-governance. It is the hopes and challenges of this task that serve as the heart of Emmanuel Kwaku Akye…
Ghana
What does it mean to write a “national history”? What does it mean to write a national history of Ghana spanning a so-called modern era largely defined by the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? Neither of these concepts as commonly defined in the West--neither the nation nor the modern era--sits comfortably on Ghana's historical shoulders. Here renowned history scholar Jeffrey Ahlman shows that both of these concepts, as well as the very notions…
A Note from the Editors
We are happy to bring you the latest issue of Ghana Studies . This volume, the journal’s 24th, brings together three innovative essays. Opening the volume is a historical and methodological reflection by Richard Rathbone on a relationship he formed with one of the accused in the 1944 Kyebi ritual
A Note from the Editors
It is a pleasure to bring you the 25th volume of Ghana Studies , which will be our last as co-editors of the journal. We have been extremely honored to have the responsibility of shepherding the journal through these past three years, which included navigating the journal through the upheaval
A bena D ove O sseo -A sare . Atomic Junction
Abena Dove Osseo-Asare’s Atomic Junction: Nuclear Power in Africa after Independence is a rich, powerful, and important guide through the dreams and realities of Ghana’s postcolonial nuclear ambitions. In weaving together key themes in the histories of global science, decolonization, postcolonial state-making, and African social history, Osseo-Asare introduces her readers to the politics and lived experiences of those most directly affected by th…
A Note from the Editors
In February 2020, we had the honor of taking over as editors of Ghana Studies from Professors Carina Ray and Kofi Baku. During their tenure as editors, Professors Ray and Baku helped build the journal into one of the most dynamic sites for the publication of multidisciplinary work on Ghana. It is
J an C. J ansen and J ürgen O sterhammel . Decolonization
As numerous scholars have laid out over the past decade or two, decolonization has proved a tricky subject for historians. The term has often come to represent both a moment in time—the end of colonial rule in most of Africa and the Caribbean and much of Asia—and a process of political, economic, social, and cultural transformation that continues to this day. In many ways, Jan C. Jansen and Jürgen Osterhammel center this tension in their book Dec…
Living with Nkrumahism
Managing the Pan-African Workplace
The Bureau of African Affairs remains one of the most controversial institutions of Nkrumah-era Ghana, with scholars and others connecting it to such activities as the Soviet arms trade, espionage, and even assassination. This article offers an alternative analysis: one rooted in the institution’s status as a workplace. It examines the development of a work regime whereby Bureau administrators and party officials transformed seemingly banal workp…
Battleground Africa
Lise Namikas (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2013), xiv+350 pp Lise Namikas's Battleground Africa returns us to one of the most iconic events in African Cold War history: the 1960–1965 Congo
A New Type of Citizen
This article analyzes one key feature of the Convention People's Party's youth policy in postcolonial Ghana: the Ghana Builders Brigade. Founded as a response to rapid urbanization and growing unemployment, the Builders Brigade aimed to create a new productive and modern citizenry by returning the country's young men and women to the land through a network of mechanized work camps and state farms. Remembered as both a locus for party intimidation…
The Algerian Question in Nkrumah's Ghana, 1958-1960
In recent years, historians and other scholars have greatly expanded how they approach the study of African decolonization. This article builds upon this growing scholarship by exploring the political and intellectual debates surrounding the use of “violence” in decolonization. Taking Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana as its setting, it explores the ways in which the armed struggle of the Algerian Revolution (1954–1962) helped transform African perceptions o…
Living with Nkrumahism
A New Type of Citizen
This article analyzes one key feature of the Convention People's Party's youth policy in postcolonial Ghana: the Ghana Builders Brigade. Founded as a response to rapid urbanization and growing unemployment, the Builders Brigade aimed to create a new productive and modern citizenry by returning the country's young men and women to the land through a network of mechanized work camps and state farms. Remembered as both a locus for party intimidation…
The Algerian Question in Nkrumah's Ghana, 1958-1960
In recent years, historians and other scholars have greatly expanded how they approach the study of African decolonization. This article builds upon this growing scholarship by exploring the political and intellectual debates surrounding the use of “violence” in decolonization. Taking Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana as its setting, it explores the ways in which the armed struggle of the Algerian Revolution (1954–1962) helped transform African perceptions o…
Ghana
What does it mean to write a “national history”? What does it mean to write a national history of Ghana spanning a so-called modern era largely defined by the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? Neither of these concepts as commonly defined in the West--neither the nation nor the modern era--sits comfortably on Ghana's historical shoulders. Here renowned history scholar Jeffrey Ahlman shows that both of these concepts, as well as the very notions…
The Algerian Question in Nkrumah's Ghana, 1958-1960
In recent years, historians and other scholars have greatly expanded how they approach the study of African decolonization. This article builds upon this growing scholarship by exploring the political and intellectual debates surrounding the use of “violence” in decolonization. Taking Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana as its setting, it explores the ways in which the armed struggle of the Algerian Revolution (1954–1962) helped transform African perceptions o…
A New Type of Citizen
This article analyzes one key feature of the Convention People's Party's youth policy in postcolonial Ghana: the Ghana Builders Brigade. Founded as a response to rapid urbanization and growing unemployment, the Builders Brigade aimed to create a new productive and modern citizenry by returning the country's young men and women to the land through a network of mechanized work camps and state farms. Remembered as both a locus for party intimidation…
Battleground Africa
Lise Namikas (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2013), xiv+350 pp Lise Namikas's Battleground Africa returns us to one of the most iconic events in African Cold War history: the 1960–1965 Congo
Managing the Pan-African Workplace
The Bureau of African Affairs remains one of the most controversial institutions of Nkrumah-era Ghana, with scholars and others connecting it to such activities as the Soviet arms trade, espionage, and even assassination. This article offers an alternative analysis: one rooted in the institution’s status as a workplace. It examines the development of a work regime whereby Bureau administrators and party officials transformed seemingly banal workp…
Living with Nkrumahism
A Note from the Editors
In February 2020, we had the honor of taking over as editors of Ghana Studies from Professors Carina Ray and Kofi Baku. During their tenure as editors, Professors Ray and Baku helped build the journal into one of the most dynamic sites for the publication of multidisciplinary work on Ghana. It is
J an C. J ansen and J ürgen O sterhammel . Decolonization
As numerous scholars have laid out over the past decade or two, decolonization has proved a tricky subject for historians. The term has often come to represent both a moment in time—the end of colonial rule in most of Africa and the Caribbean and much of Asia—and a process of political, economic, social, and cultural transformation that continues to this day. In many ways, Jan C. Jansen and Jürgen Osterhammel center this tension in their book Dec…
A bena D ove O sseo -A sare . Atomic Junction
Abena Dove Osseo-Asare’s Atomic Junction: Nuclear Power in Africa after Independence is a rich, powerful, and important guide through the dreams and realities of Ghana’s postcolonial nuclear ambitions. In weaving together key themes in the histories of global science, decolonization, postcolonial state-making, and African social history, Osseo-Asare introduces her readers to the politics and lived experiences of those most directly affected by th…
A Note from the Editors
We are happy to bring you the latest issue of Ghana Studies . This volume, the journal’s 24th, brings together three innovative essays. Opening the volume is a historical and methodological reflection by Richard Rathbone on a relationship he formed with one of the accused in the 1944 Kyebi ritual
A Note from the Editors
It is a pleasure to bring you the 25th volume of Ghana Studies , which will be our last as co-editors of the journal. We have been extremely honored to have the responsibility of shepherding the journal through these past three years, which included navigating the journal through the upheaval
Ghana
What does it mean to write a “national history”? What does it mean to write a national history of Ghana spanning a so-called modern era largely defined by the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? Neither of these concepts as commonly defined in the West--neither the nation nor the modern era--sits comfortably on Ghana's historical shoulders. Here renowned history scholar Jeffrey Ahlman shows that both of these concepts, as well as the very notions…
Independent Africa
In 1957, Ghana achieved its independence, a moment that has come to represent the unleashing of the era of African decolonization. By the middle of the following decade, the majority of the continent would attain independence and mark a generation of political leaders with the task of defining the meanings, structures, and values of African self-governance. It is the hopes and challenges of this task that serve as the heart of Emmanuel Kwaku Akye…
Cosmopolitan Nationalism in Ghana
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