Research Catalog

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Description

1. 1 online resource (xii, 227 p.) : ill., maps.

Uniform title

1. Chiefs, priests, and praise-singers (Online)

Alternative title

1. Chiefs, priests, and praise-singers (Online)

Subject

1. Dagbani (African people) > History
2. Dagbani (African people) > Politics and government
3. Dagbani (African people) > Land tenure
4. Chiefdoms > Ghana > Northern Region
5. Local government > Ghana > Northern Region
6. Land tenure > Ghana > Northern Region
7. Dagomba (Ghana) > Historiography
8. Dagomba (Ghana) > Politics and government

Contents

1. 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.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-219) and index.

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. MacGaffey, Wyatt.

Title

1. Chiefs, priests, and praise-singers [electronic resource] : history, politics, and land ownership in northern Ghana / Wyatt MacGaffey.

Imprint

1. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-219) and index.

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

LCCN

1. 2012030531