| Description |
1 online resource (434 p.) |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword by Kwesi Kwaa Prah -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Migration and Documentary Heritage -- 2. Antecedents and Early Years in Dominica, England and the Gold Coast -- 3. Christian as Father and Family Man -- 4. Achimota College, Dr J.K. Aggrey, Christian and His Family Experiences -- 5. "Lawyer Christian" -- 6. Christian's Multifaceted Life -- 7. Christian's Contribution to the Political and Social Development of the Gold Coast |
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8. Christian and His Compatriots in the Gold Coast: Community, Identity and Heritage -- Appendix 1. List of Oral History Interviews Related to George James Christian -- Appendix 2. Published Articles and Conference and Lecture Presentations on George James Christian -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This is the first full-length biography of George James Christian. Originally from Dominica, Christian qualified as a barrister-at-law in London, participated in the first pan-African conference and migrated to the Gold Coast in 1902 where he made his home and developed a complex extended family. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Christian, James George (Attorney) -- Biography.
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Lawyers -- Ghana -- Biography.
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Lawyers -- Dominica -- Biography.
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Dominicans (Dominica) -- Ghana -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Appiah, Estelle M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rouse-Jones, Margaret D. Returned Exile Kingston : University of the West Indies Press,c2016 |
| ISBN |
9766405905 |
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9789766405908 (electronic bk.) |
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