Chiefs, priests, and praise-singers : history, politics, and land ownership in northern Ghana /

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This book provides an ethnographically enriched history of Dagbon from the fifteenth century to the present, setting that history in the context of the regional resources and political culture of northern Ghana. This book shows how the history commonly assumed by scholars has been shaped by the prej...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: MacGaffey, Wyatt
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
Temas:
Dagbani (African people) > History.
Dagbani (African people) > Politics and government.
Dagbani (African people) > Land tenure.
Chiefdoms > Ghana > Northern Region.
Local government > Ghana > Northern Region.
Land tenure > Ghana > Northern Region.
Dagomba (Peuple d'Afrique) > Histoire.
Dagomba (Peuple d'Afrique) > Terres.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
HISTORY > Africa > South > Republic of South Africa.
Chiefdoms.
Dagbani (African people)
Historiography.
Land tenure.
Local government.
Politics and government.
Dagomba (Ghana) > Historiography.
Dagomba (Ghana) > Politics and government.
Ghana > Dagomba.
Ghana > Northern Region.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book provides an ethnographically enriched history of Dagbon from the fifteenth century to the present, setting that history in the context of the regional resources and political culture of northern Ghana. This book shows how the history commonly assumed by scholars has been shaped by the prejudices of colonial anthropology, the needs of British indirect rule, and local political agency. The book demonstrates, too, how political agency has shaped the kinship system.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0813933870
9780813933870

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