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‘No elders present’article 1996 • Austin, Gareth
Akan • Africa > Western Africa
In this article, Austin reexamines the reasons for the overthrow of the ASANTEHENE Mensa Bonsu in 1883 and the ensuing civil war (1884-8.) Ivor Wilks attributed the rebellion to an emergent class of wealthy private traders, who were frustrated by sta...