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Traditional and modern patterns of succession to political office among the Mossi of the Voltaic Republic

Journal of Human RelationsVIII (3-4) • Published In 1960 • Pages: 394-406

By: Skinner, Elliott Percival.

Abstract
In this paper the author has described the period of political interregnum and political succession among the Mossi and how they have adapted this to meet certain political threats under the French colonial rule and to meet the demands of the present socio-political conditions in the Voltaic Republic.
Subjects
Traditional history
Chief executive
Territorial hierarchy
Inheritance
Lineages
Revolution
Advisers to the chief executive
External relations
Elections
Missions
culture
Mossi
HRAF PubDate
2009
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Western Africa
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Robert J. Theodoratus ; 1962
Field Date
1955-1957
Coverage Date
1900-1957
Coverage Place
Burkina Faso
Notes
Elliott P. Skinner
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
sn 83004072
LCSH
Mossi (African people)