Book
The early history of the Akan states of Ghana
Red Candle Press • London • Published In 1974 • Pages:
By: Meyerowitz, Eva L. R. (Eva Lewin Richter).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Meyerowitz traveled throughout Ghana, interviewing chiefs and other elites about their people's history. She has compiled this masterful account of the early Akan states from the earliest recollections dating back to A.D. 1000 up to the establishment of the Ashanti kingdom in 1701. Mrs. Meyerowitz has woven together a complex movement of Twi-speaking peoples as a result of conquests, rebellions, environmental disasters, internal disputes, and trade opportunities. The migrants followed their leaders to claim virgin territory or seek permission to settle occupied territory. The social amalgamations that formed seemed fluid, as clans, federations and kingdoms formed, fell apart, and again reformed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Maps
- Informants
- External migration
- Traditional history
- Historical reconstruction
- History
- Territorial hierarchy
- Warfare
- 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.
- Historian
- 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
- 1945-1967
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1000-1750
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ghana
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Eva L. R. Meyerowitz
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-213)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75321305
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Akan (African people)