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The Position of the Chief in the Modern Political System of Ashanti
A Study of the Influence of Contemporary Social Changes on Ashanti Political Institutions
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The Position of the Chief in the Modern Political System of Ashanti
A Study of the Influence of Contemporary Social Changes on Ashanti Political Institutions
About this book
Originally published in 1951, this book provides an account of the traditional status and functions of the Asanti chief. The effects of British administration on the powers of the chief and his council are described, as are the tensions which the traditional political organization was subjected to by the requirements of modern administration. The author of this book was himself an Ashanti and was the first West African tobe appointed to the Colonial Adminstrative Service.
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INDEX
Adekurofo, see Headmen.
Administration, 64–5, 78–84, 102 ff., 118 ff., 139 ff., 158 ff., 194, 217.
British conception of, 118–20.
public services and, 78–9.
Adultery with chief’s wife, 70, 73, 204.
Agriculture, 120; see also Land.
Akwamuhene, 15, 18, 24.
Anamakohene, 95.
Ancestors, 7, 9, 23 ff., 32–3, 35, 38, 40, 67, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76.
chiefs and, 73 et passim.
land and, 42–4, 47.
lineages and, 2.
loyal, 36.
Odwera ceremony and, 29 ff.
worship of, 23 ff., 39–40, 96, 136–7, 197.
Army, the, 13–14, 89, 90, 91 ff., 110, 111, 174.
British Government and, 110 ff.
formation of, 13–14.
Asantehene, the, vii, 10, 17–18, 29, 51, 53, 54, 55, 89, 90, 93, 95, 96 ff., 113, 160, 179, 181–5, 186, 188, 192.
council of, 99.
Aseda, 8, 12, 17–18, 43, 50, 69, 77, 81, 111, 152, 212.
Ashanti Confederacy Council, the, ix, 55, 86, 91, 111, 125–7, 128, 135, 137, 139, 164, 165, 169 ff., 179–80, 192, 201 ff., 210 ff., 214–15, 222 ff.
committee system, 177 ff.
sessions of, 172...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- FOREWORD
- I. The Constitutional Aspect of Chiefship
- II. The Religious Aspect of Chiefship
- III. Chiefship and Land-Tenure
- IV. Administration and Justice
- V. The Ashanti Union
- VI. British Rule and the Chief. I. Social Change
- VII. British Rule and the Chief. II. Local Government
- VIII. The Ashanti Confederacy Council
- IX. The Chief To-Day
- Appendixes I–VII
- Index