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Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-Singers: History, Politics, and Land Ownership in Northern Ghana
Wyatt Macgaffey
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Description for Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-Singers: History, Politics, and Land Ownership in Northern Ghana
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
In his new book, the eminent anthropologist Wyatt MacGaffey 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. Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-Singers 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. MacGaffey traces the evolution of chieftaincy as the sources of power changed and as land ceased to be ... Read more
In his new book, the eminent anthropologist Wyatt MacGaffey 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. Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-Singers 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. MacGaffey traces the evolution of chieftaincy as the sources of power changed and as land ceased to be ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813933863
SKU
V9780813933863
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About Wyatt Macgaffey
Wyatt MacGaffey is Professor of Anthropology Emeritus at Haverford College, USA and the author most recently of Kongo Political Culture.
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