Moving through and Passing On

By Yaa Oppong

Subjects: Migrations, Fula (african people), Social conditions, Ghana, social conditions, Ethnic identity, Fula (African people), Shepherds, Cattle herders

Description: "The Fulani are one of West Africa's most populous and geographically dispersed ethnic groups. Commonly thought of as a pastoral people, primarily engaged in cattle herding, Fulani peoples are in reality highly differentiated in livelihood and patterns of mobility. Despite having a long history of residence in Ghana, Fulani are considered "aliens" in the eyes of the state and "strangers" by the various ethnic groups among whom they reside. Among Fulani themselves, differences of place, circumstance, and experience have generated parallel ambiguities on matters off identity and survival. In Moving Through and Passing On, Yaa P. A. Oppong focuses on the Fulani of the Greater Accra region to offer the first detailed account of the lives of this transnational community in Ghana."--BOOK JACKET.