Making Men in Ghana

By featuring the life histories of eight senior men, Making Men in Ghana
explores the changing meaning of becoming a man in modern Africa. Stephan F.
Miescher concentrates on the ideals and expectations that formed around men who were
prominent in their communities when Ghana became an independent nation. Miescher
shows how they negotiated complex social and economic transformations and how they
dealt with their mounting obligations and responsibilities as leaders in their
kinship groups, c...