Description After repeated coups and periods of military rule, Ghana is now one of Africa\'s longest enduring democratic republics.
He is the author of Desegregation in Boston and Buffalo: The Influence of Local Leaders, also published by SUNY Press..
Taylor is Associate Professor of Government at American University.
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About the Author Steven J.
Taylor dispels some of the incorrect assumptions about African politics and provides readers with an insightful look at how developing nations can embark upon a path toward democratization.
Although they identified with the Democratic Party while living in the US, and were politically active, they avoided political activity in Ghana and many identified with the Ghanaian party that is modeled after the Republican Party in the US.
In contrast to the first generation, many in the second generation left the US to establish commercial enterprises in Ghana.
The first generation consisted of voluntary Exiles from the US who arrived from 1957 to 1966, during the regime of President Kwame Nkrumah, and embraced both Nkrumah and his left-leaning political party.
Taylor blends archival and ethnographic research, including interviews, to provide a unique perspective on these immigrants who chose to leave an economically developed country and settle in an impoverished developing country.
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Exiles, Entrepreneurs, and Educators compares the political proclivities of two generations of African Americans who moved to Ghana.
Description After repeated coups and periods of military rule, Ghana is now one of Africa\'s longest enduring democratic republics
