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Author Rouse-Jones, Margaret D

Title Returned Exile A Biographical Memoir of George James Christian of Dominica and the Gold Coast, 1869-1940
Published Kingston : University of the West Indies Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (434 p.)
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
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
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Christian, James George (Attorney) -- Biography
Lawyers -- Ghana -- Biography
Lawyers -- Dominica -- Biography
Dominicans (Dominica) -- Ghana -- Biography
Dominicans (Dominica)
Lawyers.
Dominica.
Ghana.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Appiah, Estelle M
ISBN 9766405905
9789766405908