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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: MacGaffey, Wyatt
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Politics and government.
Local government.
Land tenure.
Historiography.
Dagbani (African people)
Chiefdoms.
HISTORY > Africa > South > Republic of South Africa.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Dagomba (Peuple d'Afrique) > Terres.
Dagomba (Peuple d'Afrique) > Histoire.
Land tenure > Ghana > Northern Region.
Local government > Ghana > Northern Region.
Chiefdoms > Ghana > Northern Region.
Dagbani (African people) > Land tenure.
Dagbani (African people) > Politics and government.
Dagbani (African people) > History.
Ghana > Northern Region.
Ghana > Dagomba.
Dagomba (Ghana) > Politics and government.
Dagomba (Ghana) > Historiography.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9780813933870

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