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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: (DLC) 2012030531 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Wyatt MacGaffey |
ISBN: | 0813933870 9780813933870 |
OCLC Number: | 825978016 |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Contents: | Colonial anthropology and historical reconstruction -- Drum chant and the political uses of tradition -- Tindanas and chiefs : ethnography -- Chiefs and tindanas : making nam -- Tamale : the Dakpema, the Gulkpe'Na, the Bugulana, and the law of the land -- Chiefs in the national arena. |
Responsibility: | Wyatt MacGaffey. |
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A very interesting and important case study on the Dagbon chiefdom in northern Ghana. MacGaffey offers a nuanced analysis of the intricate relationship between secular and ritual/religious sources of chiefly power and how these have changed over time.--Carola Lentz, Mainz University MacGaffey is deservedly one of the most celebrated anthropologists alive today, not only for his significant ethnography in west central Africa but also for his contributions to our understandings of belief systems and therapeutic strategies. Here he has produced a magical book which enables the reader to understand the dynamism of 'tradition' and 'traditional authority.' A mature work written by an admirable scholar at the peak of a long career.--Richard Rathbone, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London A very interesting and important case study on the Dagbon chiefdom in northern Ghana. MacGaffey offers a nuanced analysis of the intricate relationship between secular and ritual/religious sources of chiefly power and how these have changed over time.--Carola Lentz, Mainz University MacGaffey is deservedly one of the most celebrated anthropologists alive today, not only for his significant ethnography in west central Africa but also for his contributions to our understandings of belief systems and therapeutic strategies. Here he has produced a magical book which enables the reader to understand the dynamism of 'tradition' and 'traditional authority.' A mature work written by an admirable scholar at the peak of a long career.--Richard Rathbone, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Read more...


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Related Subjects:(10)
- 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 (Ghana) -- Historiography.
- Dagomba (Ghana) -- Politics and government.
- HISTORY -- Africa -- West.
- HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa.