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Traditional and modern patterns of succession to political office among the Mossi of the Voltaic Republic
Journal of Human Relations • VIII (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.
- 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)