An African in Greenland An African in Greenland An African in Greenland is a 1981 book by the Togolese author Tété-Michel Kpomassie. The book details Kpomassie's upbringing in Togo, his encounter as a teen with a book about Greenland and his determination to move there and become a hunter. As A. Alvarez, in his introduction, writes: "Kpomassie's book is the ultimate exotic mix—an adventure story that begins in Togo, a narrow strip of a country, formerly a French colony, sandwiched between Benin and Ghana, and ends in Upernavik, way north of the Arctic Circle, on the west coast of Greenland." After ten years, working
Race in Ghana Race in Ghana Race in Ghana is marked by an underlying racial hierarchy valuing whiteness over blackness. This may be seen through certain social phenomena from within Ghana and other postcolonial regions in the world. The process of racialization has been reinforced by the postcolonial policies and ongoing Western influence, both culturally and economically. The racial political structure of Ghana is based on the conception that Ghana as a country is free of racism due to their status as being the first African colony to gain full independence on March 6, 1957. As such, the country is seen as the