Chiefs, priests, and praise-singers [electronic resource] : history, politics, and land ownership in northern Ghana / Wyatt MacGaffey.

By: MacGaffey, WyattContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013Description: xii, 227 p. : illISBN: 9780813933870 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Dagbani (African people) -- History | Dagbani (African people) -- Politics and government | Dagbani (African people) -- Land tenure | Chiefdoms -- Ghana -- Northern Region | Local government -- Ghana -- Northern Region | Land tenure -- Ghana -- Northern Region | Dagomba (Ghana) -- Historiography | Dagomba (Ghana) -- Politics and governmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 966.70049635 LOC classification: DT510.43.D34 | M33 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Colonial anthropology and historical reconstruction -- Drum chant and the political uses of tradition -- Tindanas and chiefs : ethnography -- Chiefs and tindanas : making nam -- Tamale : the Dakpema, the Gulkpe'Na, the Bugulana, and the law of the land -- Chiefs in the national arena.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Colonial anthropology and historical reconstruction -- Drum chant and the political uses of tradition -- Tindanas and chiefs : ethnography -- Chiefs and tindanas : making nam -- Tamale : the Dakpema, the Gulkpe'Na, the Bugulana, and the law of the land -- Chiefs in the national arena.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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