Nkrumah and the Chiefs
Politics of Chieftaincy in Ghana 1951-1960
Published on 20. April 2000
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-85255-771-6 (ISBN)
Description
A study of a radical nationalist government's attempts to destroy chieftaincy in Ghana. It shows how chiefly resistance to their destruction forced the government to seek control over rural areas by redefining chieftaincy. It should provide a context for understanding Ghana's political topography.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85255-771-6 (9780852557716)
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01/2000
James Currey
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Content
Colonial rule and the chiefs; the politics of modernizing local government; the erosion of chiefly juridiction; the fusion of local and national politics; the politics of polarization; independence and the chiefs; crushing the chiefs; controlling the chiefs; making and unmaking the chiefs; "Loyal co-operation with the government".