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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Allman, Jean Marie
Title:
The youngmen and the porcupine: class, nationalism and
Asante';s struggle for self-determination, 1954-1957
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Journal of African history -- Vol. 31
Published By: Original publisher
Journal of African history -- Vol. 31
[London ; New York]: Cambridge University Press. 1990.
263-279 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
By Jean Marie Allman
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2000. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Akan (FE12)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Cultural identity and pride (186);
Age stratification (561);
Territorial hierarchy (631);
Chief executive (643);
Political parties (665);
Political movements (668);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a very good analysis of the failed Asante
National Liberation Movement (1954-1957.) Allman traces the root of the movement back to
the 1860s and the rise of the Asante ‘young men’ (NKWANKWAA) who were the disaffected heirs
of downwardly mobile Asante elite. Angered by an increase in taxes and an imposition of
fines for petty offenses, the nkwankwaa led the movement to overthrow the ASANTEHENE Mensa
Bonsu in 1883 (see Austin, document no. 38.) On the eve of national independence in the
1950s, the nkwankwaa were angered by the under-representation of Asante in the new
parliament. They formed the NLM and advocated Asante independence. Allman argues that the
NLM was not a tribal movement, but represented a clear bid for power by an economically
diverse, but politically motivated group. According to Allman, the movement failed, because
the nkwankwaa had no strong class base and their nationalist rhetoric was co-opted by the
ruling Asante elite, who were the true representatives of traditional Asante
culture.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
57
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
fe12-057
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Journal Article
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
Not Specified
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Historian-4
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Ian Skoggard ;1999
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1860-1956
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ashanti; Ghana
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Akan (African people)
