Book
Gold Coast: Akan laws and customs and the Akim Abuakwa constitution
George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. • London • Published In 1928 • Pages:
By: Danquah, J. B. (Joseph Boakye).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a view of Akyem political and other institutions from the standpoint of a native with considerable formal education in England. Danquah bases his work on personal observations and research, including access to the state archives at Kibbi. Some of the principal subjects which the author discusses are: governmental organization and activities, including the enstoolment and destoolment of state and local chiefs; customs relating to marriage and divorce; various aspects of property, including rules of inheritance; non-political institutions; and funeral customs. Several appendices and an extensive index which includes many of the native terms used add to the value of the source.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Territorial organization
- Government institutions
- 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
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- George R. Bedell ; 1954, 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Akyem; Ghana
- NotesAdditional notes
- by J. B. Danquah, B.A., LL.B.(Lond.)
- Includes index
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Akan (African peoples)