The Politics of Chieftaincy : Authority and Property in Colonial Ghana, 1920-1950 /

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Documents the profound societal changes that occurred in Accra, the capital city of the Gold Coast colony (modern Ghana), during the peak decades of British colonial rule, 1920-1950.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sackeyfio-Lenoch, Naaborko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politics and government.
Land tenure.
Gã (African people)
Chiefdoms.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Land tenure > Ghana > History.
Chiefdoms > Ghana > History.
Gã (African people) > Ghana > Accra > Politics and government.
Gã (African people) > Ghana > Accra > History.
Ghana > Accra.
Ghana.
Ghana > History > To 1957.
Accra (Ghana) > Politics and government.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : contesting space and authority in a colonial capital
  • Situating Ga institutions in the European colonial milieu
  • Land legislation, commodification, and effects in Accra
  • Negotiating chieftaincy, the Ga stool, and colonial intervention
  • Succession disputes, the Ga state council, and the future of chieftaincy
  • Contesting property in Accra and its periurban locales
  • Conclusion.

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