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Asante praise poemsarticle 1986 • Arhin, Kwame
Akan • Africa > Western Africa
Asante praise poems (APAEE) were recited in public by executioners during the Adae and Odwira festivals. The poems recount the heroic deeds of past kings to impress upon his subjects the king's supreme status. The Odwira festival includes the reenact...Peasants in 19th-century Asantearticle 1983 • Arhin, Kwame
Akan • Africa > Western Africa
In this article Arhin examines if the Asante was a peasant society prior to its incorporation into the world capitalist system in the nineteenth century. He discusses land ownership (owned by matriclans) and the organization of production. According ...Political and military roles of Akan womenessay 1983 • Arhin, Kwame
Akan • Africa > Western Africa
In this article, Arhin discusses the political and associated military organization of the Akan and women's roles within them. Arhin writes that ‘Female stools complemented the hierarchy of male stools.’ Women had a place in the village and town coun...