Graduation Year
2025
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Africana Studies
Second Department
History
Reader 1
Amsale Alemu
Reader 2
Ousmane Traoré
Reader 3
Mukasa Mubirumusoke
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© 2025 Anya Nyman
Abstract
In this thesis, I draw on archival materials and oral histories to examine the shifting figurations of urban markets and traders across Ghana’s 20th century. I discuss themes of informality, development, and revolution to argue that markets have been central to historical transformation over this period. From the early Nkrumah years to the demolition of Makola Market in 1979, I consider continuities and transformations of Ghanaian markets across eras of political, economic, and social change.
Recommended Citation
Nyman, Anya, "Constructing the Market: Development, Revolution, and History in Ghana’s Urban Markets" (2025). Scripps Senior Theses. 2569.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/2569
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
