Augustus Casely‐hayford
Biographic Data
| ID | 4212877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Augustus Casely‐hayford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Augustus |
| FAMILY NAME | Casely‐hayford |
| SIGNATURE | HAYFORD A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Google (United States) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Slavery and the Culture of Taste
A Short Genealogy of Ersatz Love
Over the last century hundreds of appliquéd Ghanaian flags have found their way onto the market of the large western auction houses. In this paper, Augustus Casely‐Hayford traces the trajectory of these objects as they have changed hands and value, to reveal how significance and meaning are traded, how the reading of these Asafo flags has profoundly altered over time and across cultures, how Western epistemologies can re‐categorise and re‐define …
The Black Umbrella
Prosopographical Approaches to Fante History
Some of the earliest books written by Gold Coast writers were about then-own family histories and stool institutions. These writers took advantage of the established oral tradition and the authorized stool histories. Such works represent a form of written history that was designed to transcribe and incorporate systematically as much oral tradition as possible. It is only when the oral sources are deficient or are ambiguous that the early European…
Prosopographical Approaches to Fante History
Some of the earliest books written by Gold Coast writers were about then-own family histories and stool institutions. These writers took advantage of the established oral tradition and the authorized stool histories. Such works represent a form of written history that was designed to transcribe and incorporate systematically as much oral tradition as possible. It is only when the oral sources are deficient or are ambiguous that the early European…
The Black Umbrella
A Short Genealogy of Ersatz Love
Over the last century hundreds of appliquéd Ghanaian flags have found their way onto the market of the large western auction houses. In this paper, Augustus Casely‐Hayford traces the trajectory of these objects as they have changed hands and value, to reveal how significance and meaning are traded, how the reading of these Asafo flags has profoundly altered over time and across cultures, how Western epistemologies can re‐categorise and re‐define …
Slavery and the Culture of Taste
Art (4 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 works) · Genealogy (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)