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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Elmina"”.
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Artifacts of Exchange: A Multiscalar Approach to Maritime Archaeology at Elmina, Ghana
… of two European ships discovered at Elmina Ghana, the coastal site of the first and largest European fort in sub-Saharan Africa. Discovered in 2003, the first vessel, located 1.5 miles offshore of the castle, is largely comprised of remnants of cargo exposed on the seafloor. European …
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The Maritime Archaeology of West Africa in the Atlantic World: Investigations at Elmina, Ghana
… conducted in Ghana, specifically off the town of Elmina in the Central Region. Survey and diver investigations resulted in the discovery of a mid-seventeenth century shipwreck, which archaeological and archival research suggests may be the Dutch West India Company vessel Groeningen that sank after …
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The effects of commodification on cultural significance: two African fortifications
… fortifications; Castelo São Jorge da Mina (Elmina Castle) in Elmina, Ghana and Casteel de Goede Hoop (Castle of Good Hope) in Cape Town, South Africa. The commodification of national and world heritage, primarily within the context of cultural tourism, is the process by which tangible and …
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Of His Bones are Coral Made: Submerged Cultural Resources, Site Formation Processes, and Multiple Scales of Interpretation in Coastal Ghana
… to submerged archaeological sites within the Elmina seascape of coastal Ghana. Building on and intersecting with the work of other scholars, this research is a unique approach to the investigation of submerged cultural remains related to historical maritime trade. Remote sensing surveys in …
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Gateway to Africa: The Pilgrimage Tourism of Diaspora Africans to Ghana
… of guided tours at Cape Coast and Elmina castles and PANAFEST (Pan-African Historical Theatre Festival) and Emancipation Day, and analysis of the castles' guest books. Cape Coast Castle and Elmina Castle are potent sites of memory for the trans-Atlantic slave trade and serve as …
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Macroeconomic conditions and capital structure: evidence from publicly listed companies in the U.K.
This research investigates whether and to what extent macroeconomic variables, namely, business cycle, financial market risk, credit supply and stock market performance, affect capital structure of publicly listed U.K. firms. Specifically, by using fixed effects, random effects, tobit, and GLS …
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Performing nostalgia: body, memory, and the aesthetics of past-home
… memory: two African American genealogy websites, Elmina Castle, a slave castle located on Ghana’s West coast, and my own staged theatre production Copious Notes: A Nostalgia Tale. Informed by Michel Foucault’s method of critical genealogy and Joseph Roach’s genealogies of performance, I offer …