Fanti national constitution: a short treatise on the constitution and government of the Fanti, Asanti, and other Akan tribes of West Africa together with a brief account of the discovery of the Gold Coast by Portuguese navigators, a short narration of early English voyages, and a study of the rise of British Gold Coast jurisdiction, etc., etc.

Sarbah, John Mensah

Book

Fanti national constitution: a short treatise on the constitution and government of the Fanti, Asanti, and other Akan tribes of West Africa together with a brief account of the discovery of the Gold Coast by Portuguese navigators, a short narration of early English voyages, and a study of the rise of British Gold Coast jurisdiction, etc., etc.

Cass • (3) • Published In 1968 • Pages: xxix, 273

By: Sarbah, John Mensah.

Abstract
Sarbah (b. 1864) was a Fante nationalist, lawyer, and scholar who wrote this major work on Fante history as a critique of British misrule in the Gold Coast. The local British administration was influenced by mercantile interests and acted in ignorance and disrespect of existing Fante political institutions, which Sarbah argued undermined the basic principles of good government. He complained that his countrymen were ‘being ruled as if we had no indigenous institutions, no language, no national characteristics, no homes.’ Originally published in 1906, this book was an attempt to correct that ignorance and mistreatment. It includes copies of treaties, court ordinances, court cases, government orders, and the proclamation of the Fante Confederation, which all document the history of Fante-English relations in the Gold Coast.

External trade

Community structure

Territorial hierarchy

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

Africa