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.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External trade
- Community structure
- Territorial hierarchy
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Legal norms
- Judicial authority
- 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
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1472-1906
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Fanti; Ghana
- NotesAdditional notes
- By John Mensah Sarbah ; With a new introduction by Hollis R. Lynch
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 68118857
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Akan (African people)