Pilgrimage Tourism Of Diaspora Africans To Ghana

Author : Ann Reed
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317674987
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pilgrimage Tourism of Diaspora Africans to Ghana written by Ann Reed and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Processes of globalization have led to diasporic groups longing for their homelands. One such group includes descendants from African ancestors displaced by the trans-Atlantic slave trade, who may be uncertain about their families' exact origins. Traveling home often means visiting African sites associated with the slave trade, journeys full of expectations. The remembrance of the slave trade and pilgrimages to these heritage sites bear resemblance to other diasporic travels that center on trauma, identification, and redemption. Based on over two years of ethnographic fieldwork with both diaspora Africans and Ghanaians, this book explores why and how Ghana has been cast as a pilgrimage destination for people of African descent, especially African Americans. Grounding her research in Ghana’s Central Region where slavery heritage tourism and political ideas promoting incorporation into one African family are prominent, Reed also discusses the perspectives of ordinary Ghanaians, tourism stakeholders, and diasporan "repatriates." Providing ethnographic insight into the transnational networks of people and ideas entangled in Ghana’s pilgrimage tourism, this book also contributes to better understanding the broader global phenomenon of diasporic travel to homeland centers.

Author : Ann Reed
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317674995
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pilgrimage Tourism of Diaspora Africans to Ghana written by Ann Reed and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Processes of globalization have led to diasporic groups longing for their homelands. One such group includes descendants from African ancestors displaced by the trans-Atlantic slave trade, who may be uncertain about their families' exact origins. Traveling home often means visiting African sites associated with the slave trade, journeys full of expectations. The remembrance of the slave trade and pilgrimages to these heritage sites bear resemblance to other diasporic travels that center on trauma, identification, and redemption. Based on over two years of ethnographic fieldwork with both diaspora Africans and Ghanaians, this book explores why and how Ghana has been cast as a pilgrimage destination for people of African descent, especially African Americans. Grounding her research in Ghana’s Central Region where slavery heritage tourism and political ideas promoting incorporation into one African family are prominent, Reed also discusses the perspectives of ordinary Ghanaians, tourism stakeholders, and diasporan "repatriates." Providing ethnographic insight into the transnational networks of people and ideas entangled in Ghana’s pilgrimage tourism, this book also contributes to better understanding the broader global phenomenon of diasporic travel to homeland centers.

Author : Sabine Marschall
Publisher : Channel View Publications
ISBN 13 : 1845416058
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tourism and Memories of Home written by Sabine Marschall and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates ‘home’ and ‘homeland’ as destinations of touristic journeys and adds to recent scholarly interest in the intersection between tourism and migration. It covers the temporary visits and journeys in search of home and homelands by migrants, displaced people, exiles and diasporic communities in a wide range of different geographical and historical contexts. Personal and collective forms of memory are shown to play a key role in the motivation for, and experience of, such journeys. The volume contributes to the investigation of the tourism–memory nexus as it conceptualizes memory as underpinning touristic mobility, experience and performativity. Based on ethnographic case studies and other types of qualitative empirical research, the chapters of this book foreground individual touristic experiences, emotions, memories, perceptions, the search for identity and a sense of belonging. The book will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of tourism, heritage, anthropology, identity studies, memory studies and migration/diaspora studies.

Author : Dallen J. Timothy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000834387
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa written by Dallen J. Timothy and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-13 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa examines the multiple and diverse manifestations of cultural heritage-based tourism in Africa from a regional, social science, and sustainability perspective. This book delivers a comprehensive treatise on the interdependent concepts of cultural heritage and tourism. Heritage is one of the most pervasive tourism assets worldwide and lies at the foundations of tourism in many localities, including Africa. However, despite its salience, there has not been a systematic examination of Africa’s heritage resources, markets, policies, practices, successes, and challenges in a tourism framework, despite the continent’s immense heritage value. This book reviews the different types of heritages that pervade the cultural environment of Africa and comprises its vast heritagescapes. It also examines the increasing potential for the growth of heritage tourism throughout the entire continent. The contributions in this volume delve into current thinking about space and place and their effects on heritage, mobilities, globalization, colonialism and indigeneity, conflict, identity and nation-building, connections with other regions through migration and the slave trade, and a greater emphasis on the ordinary heritage of Africa, which has long been ignored by tourism scholars and industry representatives. The chapters herein are authored by Africa specialists, most being from Africa, offering a truly African perspective. The chapters are conceptually rigorous and empirically rich with examples from all regions of the African continent. This unparalleled interdisciplinary glimpse at cultural heritage and tourism in Africa delivers strong value and is a vital resource for all students and researchers of tourism, cultural studies, heritage studies, geography, anthropology, sociology, history, and global studies.

Author : Louay Safi, Youssef J. Carter, Abdullah Al-Shami, Katherine Bullock
Publisher : International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 36-1 written by Louay Safi, Youssef J. Carter, Abdullah Al-Shami, Katherine Bullock and published by International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of AJISS opens with a guest editorial by Louay Safi, who reflects on the relationship between scholarship and social engagement while considering the remarkable career of his friend Sulayman Nyang (d. 2018). The first research article of this issue, Youssef J. Carter’s “Black Mus­limness Mobilized: A Study of West African Sufism in Diaspora,” argues that a powerful sense of diasporic identification and solidarity is cultivated by Mustafawi sufis in South Carolina and Senegal. The second article, Abdullah Al-Shami and Kathrine Bullock’s “Islamic Perspectives on Basic Income,” suggests that, although distinct from Western rationales, Islamic concepts and ethical-legal mechanisms have much in common with basic income programs. A review essay by Charles E. Butterworth contextualizes and considers the educational reform project of an ‘integration of knowledge’. Following the book reviews, Enes Karić’s “Goethe, His Era and Islam” traces the complex relationship between Goethe and Islam, as examined in recent literature in Bosnia and beyond. Finally, closing out this new issue of AJISS, Altaf Hussain’s obituary acts as a tribute to the life and work of Dr. Nyang.

Author : Ato Quayson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118320646
Total Pages : 811 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Diaspora and Transnationalism written by Ato Quayson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 811 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Diaspora and Transnationalism offers a ground-breaking combined discussion of the concepts of diaspora and transnationalism. Newly commissioned essays by leading scholars provide interdisciplinary perspectives that link together the concepts in new and important ways. A wide-ranging collection which reviews the most significant developments and provides valuable insights into current key debates in transnational and diaspora studies Contains newly commissioned essays by leading scholars, which will both influence the field, and stimulate further insight and discussion in the future Provides interdisciplinary perspectives on diaspora and transnationalism which link the two concepts in new and important ways Combines theoretical discussion with specific examples and case studies

Author : Erik Johnson
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Echoes of the Ancestors written by Erik Johnson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Venture into the heart of West Africa with "Echoes of the Ancestors: A Ghanaian Pilgrimage," an evocative travel memoir that charts a journey both outward and inward, penned with soul-stirring authenticity by two modern-day pilgrims, Erik and Joe. From the dusty roads of Tamale to the hallowed grounds of the slave castles along the coast, this compelling narrative captures the spirit of Ghana in all its multifaceted glory. Erik and Joe's odyssey is a tapestry of cultural encounters, historical introspection, and personal transformation, set against the backdrop of a nation graced with an enduring legacy. As you turn the pages of "Echoes of the Ancestors," you embark on a passage through time, where the laughter of market vendors fills the air, and the solemnity of sacred sites resonates in your chest. The authors' journey to landmarks like The Last Bath, Cape Coast Castle, and Elmina Castle becomes your pilgrimage, revealing the profound impact of these sites, where joy and sorrow are entwined like the intricate patterns of kente cloth. With vivid descriptions that transport you alongside the travelers, you'll feel the heat of the Ghanaian sun and the haunting chill of history's shadow. Erik and Joe navigate not only the physical landscapes but also the complex terrain of legacy and memory, bearing witness to the silent stories etched into the land. Through their eyes, you'll experience the thrill of firing old muskets at the Salaga Tourist Center, the solemn remembrance at the Salaga Slave Cemetery, and the rustic wisdom imparted by chiefs in remote villages. Each chapter is a mosaic piece of a larger picture, revealing the enduring connections between the past and the present. "Echoes of the Ancestors" transcends the traditional travelogue; it is a chronicle of learning and unlearning, of embracing the unknown, and finding kinship in unexpected places. This book is not merely an account of a trip through Ghana; it is a testament to the indelible marks left by the places we visit and the universal search for meaning that unites us all. Invite the spirit of adventure into your life with "Echoes of the Ancestors: A Ghanaian Pilgrimage"-a story of friendship, discovery, and the timeless whispers of history that beckon us to explore, remember, and grow.

Author : John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319392824
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shadows of Empire in West Africa written by John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-06 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays reexamine European forts in West Africa as hubs where different peoples interacted, negotiated and transformed each other socially, politically, culturally, and economically. This collection brings together scholars of history, archaeology, cultural studies, and others to present a nuanced image of fortifications, showing that over time the functions and impacts of the buildings changed as the motives, missions, allegiances, and power dynamics in the region also changed. Focusing on the fortifications of Ghana, the authors discuss how these structures may be interpreted as connecting Ghanaian and West African histories to a multitude of global histories. They also enable greater understanding of the fortifications’ contemporary use as heritage sites, where the Afro-European experience is narrated through guided tours and museums.

Author : Ruti Talmor
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0429534760
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aesthetic Practices in African Tourism written by Ruti Talmor and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aesthetic Practices in African Tourism explores "Rastahood", a community, youth culture, and new tourist art form created by young men on the margins of the Ghanaian economy as they came of age at the turn of the millennium. This book focuses on art, music, and affective experience created within tourism contexts, which enabled young men without educational or class capital to achieve mobility through work with foreigners, transforming the temporal horizon by expanding the geographic one. It traces the path that led young men down the path to Rastahood and investigates how they created an art form in, and of, a particular place and then used it to propel themselves far beyond its confines. The book ends with a leap forward into the present, out of Ghana, and beyond Rastahood, as men, now in middle age, look back upon the path that Rastahood created. It explores the social effects of neoliberal capitalism, specifically the rise of neoliberal subjectivities, collectivities, and socialities. The book will be of interest to researchers in the fields of anthropology, cultural studies, tourism, art, African and Africana Studies, popular culture; gender studies; migration; youth studies and those interested in African cities.

Author : Laurent Bourdeau
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134784511
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Heritage, Tourism and Identity written by Laurent Bourdeau and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable success of the 1972 UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage is borne out by the fact that nearly 1,000 properties have now been designated as possessing Outstanding Universal Value and recognition given to the imperative for their protection. However, the remarkable success of the Convention is not without its challenges and a key issue for many Sites relates to the touristic legacies of inscription. For many sites inscription on the World Heritage List acts as a promotional device and the management challenge is one of protection, conservation and dealing with increased numbers of tourists. For other sites, designation has not brought anticipated expansion in tourist numbers and associated investments. What is clear is that tourism is now a central concern to the wide array of stakeholders involved with World Heritage Sites.