book chapter
The position of the chief in the modern political system of the Ashanti: a study of the influence of contemporary social change on Ashanti political institutions
The Oxford University Press for the International African Institute • London • Published In 1951 • Pages:
By: Busia, K. A. (Kofi Abrefa).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this doctoral thesis, based on one year's field work in 1941-42 particularly in the districts of Mampong, Wenchi, and Kumasi, Busia gives pictures of Ashanti political institutions before and after British Administration. Busia analyzes the political, administrative, and judicial institutions charastic of the Ashanti state, with particular emphasis upon the Division and the prerogatives and activities of Divisional Chiefs. Changes due to British administration are within a framework of the centralization of power and authority in contradistinction to the policy of decentralization characteristic of the pre-British Ashanti.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Territorial organization
- Districts
- Government institutions
- Government activities
- Justice
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Akan
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Mary L. Bartlett ; 1953
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1941-1942
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1941-42
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ashanti; the districts of Mampong, Wenchi, and Kumasi ; Ghana
- NotesAdditional notes
- by K. A. Busia, M.A., D.Phil.(Oxon.)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Oxford, [n.d.]
- The index p. 230-233 is not included
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-229)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Akan (African peoples)