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Fanti kinship: language, inheritance, and kin groups
Anthropos • 86 (1-3) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 19-31
By: Kronenfeld, David B..
Abstract
This is a sophisticated study of the relationship between inheritance and kinship terminology among the Fanti of Ghana's southern coast. Kronenfeld shows how the adoption of English kin terms coincides with changing property relations and inheritance patterns among the Fanti. Property was transmitted according to seniority and classificatory siblingship within the matrilineage. Today it is largely kept within the nuclear family, which is reflected in the borrowing of English kin terms to distinguish real parents and siblings from the larger field of lineage siblings and parents.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ;1999
- Field Date
- Not Specified
- Coverage Date
- 1950-1990
- Coverage Place
- Ashanti; Egyaa No. 1, Ghana
- Notes
- David B. Kronenfeld
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 31)
- LCCN
- 07021775
- LCSH
- Akan (African people)