{"product_id":"book-1w5n","title":"Abakosem","description":"\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":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67046027231536,"sku":"BD1w5n","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1w5n-Square-cover.png?v=1782119038","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1w5n","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}