Description of the Guinea Coast and Its Inhabitants (v. 2) (Two Views from Christiansborg Castle) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 998864728X ISBN 13: 9789988647285

Publisher: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2010

Synopsis

Selena Axelrod Winsnes has been engaged, since 1982, in the translation into English, and editing of Danish language sources to West African history, sources published from 1697 to 1822, the period during which Denmark-Norway was an actor in the Transatlantic Slave Trade. It comprises five major books written for the Scandinavian public. They describe all aspects of life on the Gold Coast [Ghana], the Middle Passage and the Danish Caribbean islands [US Virgin Islands], as seen by five different men. Each had his own agenda and mind-set, and the books, both singly and combined, hold a wealth of information - of interest both to scholars and lay readers. They provide important insights into the cultural baggage the enslaved Africans carried with them to the America's. One of the books, L.F. R¯mer's A Reliable Account of the Coast of Guinea was runner-up for the prestigious International Texts Prize awarded by the U.S. African Studies Association.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sub-Saharan Publishers
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 998864728X
• ISBN 13: 9789988647285
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Monrad H.C., Axelrod Selena