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African Affairs 2005 104(416):429-447; doi:10.1093/afraf/adi015
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© The Author [2005]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal African Society. All rights reserved

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Diaspora and drug trafficking in West Africa: A case study of Ghana

Emmanuel Akyeampong

History Department at Harvard University

Abstract

This article interrogates the emergence of drug trafficking in contemporary Ghana and West Africa within the context of a global political economy, situated within a deeper historical perspective. It examines the earlier trafficking of cannabis along the coast of West Africa in the colonial period, and the later transnational networks that have emerged to promote international drug trafficking (cocaine and heroin). The article probes how the African diaspora and international travel service these emerging drug networks in Ghana, West Africa, Europe and the Americas. It suggests that the concept of an ‘ideological diaspora’ could shed light on a shared global popular culture, which constitutes a counter culture and rationalizes criminal activities.


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