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).
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 1999
- Field Date
- 1945-1967
- Coverage Date
- 1000-1750
- Coverage Place
- Ghana
- Notes
- by Eva L. R. Meyerowitz
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-213)
- LCCN
- 75321305
- LCSH
- Akan (African people)