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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Getz, Trevor R.     Subjects     Mansah, Abina -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Comic books, strips, etc.     Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Ghana -- History -- 19th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.     Enslaved women -- Ghana -- History -- 19th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Getz, Trevor R.       by title:      Abina and the import...         MARC Display

Abina and the important men : a graphic history / Trevor R. Getz, Liz Clarke. by Getz, Trevor R. New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. Subjects Mansah, Abina -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Comic books, strips, etc.   Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Ghana -- History -- 19th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.   Enslaved women -- Ghana -- History -- 19th century -- Comic books, strips, etc. ISBN:  9780199844395 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0199844399 (pbk. ; alk. paper) Description:  xix, 179 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  The graphic history. Abina awakes ; The breaking of the beads ; The truth ; Life at Quamina Eddoo's house ; He did nothing good for me ; Abina silenced, Abina redeemed -- The Transcript -- Historical context. The Gold Coast, ca. 1876 ; The British civilizing mission ; The civilizing mission in the Gold Coast ; Slavery in the Gold Coast ; The Atlantic slave trade and abolition ; Abina Mansah and the important men -- Reading guide. Whose story is this? ; Is this a "true" story? ; Is this "authentic" history? -- Abina in the classroom. Abina for the world history classroom ; Abina for the African history/African studies classroom ; Abina and colonialism ; Abina and the history of slavery ; Gendering Abina's story. Requests:  0 Summary:  This is an illustrated "graphic history" based on an 1876 court transcript of a West African woman named Abina, who was wrongfully enslaved and took her case to court. The main scenes of the story take place in the courtroom, where Abina strives to convince a series of "important men"--A British judge, two Euro-African attorneys, a wealthy African country "gentleman," and a jury of local leaders --that her rights matter.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Kahuku P/S Library YA -- Nonfiction 306.36209 Mansah Ge Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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