Abstract
Autore:
Delpino Gaia
Titolo:
"Ritorni difficili. Afroamericani in Ghana tra aspettative e progetti"
Based on an ethnographic survey, the essay analyses a case of “return” from the Atlantic slave trade diaspora to the Ghanaian town of Prince´s Town. This dynamic involved three different actors: the African American returnees, the Ghanaian Ministry of Tourism and Diasporan Relations and the local authority divided by a strong chieftaincy dispute. All actors located themselves within different frames of references and had different expectations about this return, but all welcomed it and employed the rhetoric of common ancestral origins in order to validate it. This enlightens a dynamic process of construction of belongings, and illustrates the particular role of the local authorities confirming how chiaftaincy is a fundamental and active political actor in contemporary Ghana.
