Book
The Techiman-Bono of Ghana: an ethnography of an Akan society
Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co. • Dubuque, Iowa • Published In 1975 • Pages:
By: Warren, Dennis M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an ethnography of a local Akan group, the Techiman-Bono, of Central Ghana. According to Meyerowitz the Techiman-Bono kingdom was originally founded in 1295, although other historians date its founding to the first half of the fifteenth century. The Techiman-Bono consider themselves one of the oldest of Akan kingdoms and a major source of Akan culture. Today the region is the center of cocoa production. Warren discusses Techiman-Bono life cycle, government, and religious beliefs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Personal names
- Rule of descent
- Territorial hierarchy
- Burial practices and funerals
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- Puberty and initiation
- 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.
- Ethnographer
- 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
- 1969-1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1964-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Techiman, Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dennis M. Warren
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75001715
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Akan (African people)