Position of the Chief in the Modern Political System of Ashanti - A Study of Influence of Contemporary Social Changes on Ashanti

Informationen zum Autor In 1969 K.A. Busia became Prime Minister of Ghana. While he was in Britain for a medical check-up, the army under Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong overthrew his government on 13 January 1972. Busia remained in exile in England and returned to Oxford University, where he died from a heart attack in August 1978.[3] Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Constitutional Aspect of Chiefship 2. The Religious Aspect of Chiefship 3. Chiefship and Land Tenure 4. Administration and Justice 5. The Ashanti Union 6. British Rule and the Chief: Social Change 7. British Rule and the Chief: Local Government 8. The Ashanti Conderacy Council 9. The Chief Today

Product details

• Authors: K. A. Busia, Busia K. A.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138492240
• ISBN: 978-1-138-49224-0
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Ghana, British Empire, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies