Memory-Making in an Urban Park: Colonial and Contemporary Uses of Kumase’s Jackson Park
Jackson Park in Kumase, Ghana, was designed to serve the recreational interests of its immediate African community. The article analyses how Asante citizens appropriated a colonial park and how it was refashioned by the postcolonial Ghanaian state. This article discussed how the changes in the uses...
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| Main Authors: | Eugenia Ama Breba Anderson, Karen Lauterbach |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2025-04-01
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| Series: | Africa Spectrum |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/00020397251330918 |
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