The Politics of Chieftaincy - Authority and Property in Colonial Ghana, 1920-1950

Documents the profound societal changes that occurred in Accra, the capital city of the Gold Coast colony (modern Ghana), during the peak decades of British colonial rule, 1920-1950.

List of contents

Introduction
Situating Ga Institutions in the European Colonial Milieu
Land Legislation, Commodification, and Effects in Accra
Negotiating Chieftancy, the Ga Stool, and Colonial Intervention
Succession Disputes, the Ga State Council, and the Future of Chieftaincy
Contesting Property in Accra and Its Periurban Locales
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch

Summary

Documents the profound societal changes that occurred in Accra, the capital city of the Gold Coast colony (modern Ghana), during the peak decades of British colonial rule, 1920-1950.

Product details

• Authors: Naaborko Sackeyfio, Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch, Naaborko Sackeyfro, Naaborko (Person) Sackeyfro
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.08.2014
• EAN: 9781580464949
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-494-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 549 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Afrika, Politik und Staat, HISTORY / Africa / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, History - General History, HISTORY / Africa / West