Memories of the German presence in the central Volta Region of
Ghana are deep and vivid. This ethnically diverse area was part of
the German Togoland colony from roughly 1884 to 1914 but
German-speaking missionaries established stations earlier in the
mid-nineteenth century. Ghanaian oral historians describe the
violence, burdens, and inconveniences they associate with German
rule, yet place greater emphasis on the introductions by German
missionaries of Christianity and western education and the
prevalence of what they say was the "honesty," "order," and
"discipline" of the German colonial period. Remembering the Germans
in Ghana examines this oral history, scrutinizes its sources and
presentation, contextualizes it historically, and uses it to make
larger arguments about memory and identity in Ghana. It also
presents the case for more deliberate and extensive use of oral
history in reconstructing the African colonial past and provides a
methodology for its collection and analysis.
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