Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Foreword
- 1 African dynamics of cultural tourism
- PART I CULTURE, IDENTITY & TOURISM
- PART II AT THE FRINGE OF THE PARKS
- PART III INTENSIVE CONTACT
- 11 Backpacking in Africa
- 12 ‘I'm not a tourist. I'm a volunteer’: Tourism, development and international volunteerism in Ghana
- 13 Becoming ‘real African kings & queens’: Chieftaincy, culture, & tourism in Ghana
- 14 Sex trade & tourism in Kenya: Close encounters between the hosts & the hosted
- 15 Host–guest encounters in a Gambian ‘love’ bubble
- AFTERWORD: Trouble in the bubble: Comparing African tourism with the Andes trail
- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
- INDEX
13 - Becoming ‘real African kings & queens’: Chieftaincy, culture, & tourism in Ghana
from PART III - INTENSIVE CONTACT
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Foreword
- 1 African dynamics of cultural tourism
- PART I CULTURE, IDENTITY & TOURISM
- PART II AT THE FRINGE OF THE PARKS
- PART III INTENSIVE CONTACT
- 11 Backpacking in Africa
- 12 ‘I'm not a tourist. I'm a volunteer’: Tourism, development and international volunteerism in Ghana
- 13 Becoming ‘real African kings & queens’: Chieftaincy, culture, & tourism in Ghana
- 14 Sex trade & tourism in Kenya: Close encounters between the hosts & the hosted
- 15 Host–guest encounters in a Gambian ‘love’ bubble
- AFTERWORD: Trouble in the bubble: Comparing African tourism with the Andes trail
- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
- INDEX
Summary
Home to quite possibly the friendliest and most welcoming people on the planet, most people travel to Ghana to experience its rich and diverse culture.
The Institution of Chieftaincy is the kingpin of Ghanaian traditional culture, and its contemporary relevance is generally recognised.
A British couple yesterday became Africa's first white chief and queen. John Lawler – already chief of the village of Shia, Ghana – saw his new wife Elaine made queen in front of thousands of well-wishers. The ceremony was just 24 hours after their marriage was blessed in front of chiefs and elders from across Ghana. John, 31, was made chief Togbui Mottey I eight years ago after helping set up a secondary school during a gap year. The village's main chief decided to bestow the title on Elaine, 33, after travelling to Newcastle to meet her. Elaine, of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, will be now known as Mama Amenyo Nyowu Sika. She said: ‘It was totally overwhelming but the people were so friendly and it was a wonderful privilege.’ John, who runs a gap year travel company, added: ‘She looked a real African queen.’
(The Sun Online, July 11, 2006)Ghanaians are often called the friendliest people in Africa in tourist guides and on tourist websites. They indeed have quite an over-whelming way of dealing with foreign guests. As stated in the excerpt above, John Lawler was even installed a chief after he had spent a gap year as a teacher in the Volta Region in Ghana.
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- African Hosts and their GuestsCultural Dynamics of Tourism, pp. 256 - 272Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2012