New African Elite
Place in the Making of a Bridge Generation

By (author) Deborah Pellow

ISBN13: 9781836954095

Imprint: Berghahn Books

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 01/01/2026

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Description
Focusing on a sub-set of the Dagomba of northern Ghana, this book looks at the first generation to go through secondary school in the north. After university and post-graduate education, they relocate to Accra, the capital, hundreds of miles south. They crossed social and physical space and have become cosmopolitan while holding on to tradition and attachment to their home town. This bridge generation are patrons to those living up north. This book charts their path into elite status and argues that they use the tools gained through education and social connections to influence politics back home.
List of Figures Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction Chapter 1. Dagbon in Context Chapter 2. Childhood Home Chapter 3. Getting Educated Chapter 4. Paths to Careers Chapter 5. Living in Between: Patronage and Hybrid Modernity Chapter 6. Conflict at Home, Enflamed from Afar Conclusion Epilogue Glossary References Index
  • Social mobility
  • Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
  • Professional & Vocational
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