{"product_id":"abakosem-9798995984825","title":"Abakosem","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Duke Abrokwa\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: AbakƆsƐm - Duke Perry Abrokwa\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: AbakƆsƐm - Duke Perry Abrokwa\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Africa - West\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Akan language; \u003cem\u003eAbakɔsɛm\u003c\/em\u003e means history. But not history from paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt means history carried by voice; by drum; by memory; by fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Akwamufie; Ghana; in 2002; this is the story of a boy who sits by a bonfire every night listening to his grandmother; Ernestina Okyere; trace the journey of the Akan people across three thousand years. From their ancient origins in Nubia and Kush; through the great empires of Ghana and Mali; across the long migration southward; through the rise of the mighty Akwamu Kingdom; and into the founding of the Asante Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut \u003cem\u003eAbakɔsɛm\u003c\/em\u003e is more than a history lesson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a book about what a people carries when they move; what they protect when they are threatened; and what they lose when they forget. It is a book about names and what they remember. About stools and what they hold. About fire and what it means to keep one burning across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause Africa did not begin with slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrica did not begin with colonization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrica began with fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the fire is still burning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is not Anansesɛm - not tales to entertain.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThis is Abakɔsɛm. The story of who we were before the world told us who to become.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abak\u0026#390;s\u0026#400;m - Duke Perry Abrokwa","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47882627088535,"sku":"9798995984825","price":1971.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798995984825.webp?v=1781096338","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/abakosem-9798995984825","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}