Book
Gold Coast native institutions with thoughts upon a healthy imperial policy for the Gold Coast and Ashanti
Cass • (11) • Published In 1970 • Pages: xvi, 418
By: Hayford, J. E. Casely (Joseph Ephraim Casely).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a well and strongly argued case for the preservation of native political institutions in Ghana by an English-educated Ashanti barrister and leader of the 19th-Century Aborigines' Rights Protection Society. Hayford argues that the integrity of native institutions must be respected and maintained if good government is sought. Hayford discusses the history of British-Gold Coast relations, including a series of court cases in which jurisdiction and territorial rights are debated. According to Hayford, at no time did the Ashanti lose or give away their rights, a position that was ultimately supported by the Colonial Office in England. See Sarbah (document no. 47) for a similar argument.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Community heads
- Community councils
- Territorial hierarchy
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Taxation and public income
- Trial procedure
- 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.
- Lawyer
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ;1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1897
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1842-1902
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ghana
- NotesAdditional notes
- by J. E. Casley Hayford
- 'Constitution of the New Fantee Confederacy': p. 327-340
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77505046
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Akan (African people)