Reflections in a Shattered Glass
The British Council's Celebrations of the Bicentenary of the 1807 Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11192010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Manu Herbstein (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 197-207 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavery and Abolition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-039X • E-ISSN: 1743-9523 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01440390902818922 |
| OpenAlex | W2003603294 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article examines the Ghanaian celebrations of the bicentenary of the 1807 Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, which were commissioned by the British Council. It argues that these celebrations acted primarily to promote a benign view of Britain's relationship with Africa, rather than a realistic reckoning with a past of slave trading and colonialism
Colonialism · Political science · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |