Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-Singers: History, Politics, and Land Ownership in Northern Ghana - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Virginia PressISBN-13:9780813933863ISBN-10:813933862UPC:9780813933863Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AfricaBook Topic:SouthSize:9.25 x 6.42 x 0.82 inchesWeight:1.0803Product ID:SC6NWVRKAN
Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-Singers: History, Politics, and Land Ownership in Northern Ghana
In his new book, the eminent anthropologist Wyatt MacGaffey provides an ethnographically enriched history of Dagbon from the fifteenth century to the present, setting that history in the context of the regional resources and political culture of northern Ghana. Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-Singers shows how the history commonly assumed by scholars has been shaped by the prejudices of colonial...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Virginia PressISBN-13:9780813933863ISBN-10:813933862UPC:9780813933863Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AfricaBook Topic:SouthSize:9.25 x 6.42 x 0.82 inchesWeight:1.0803Product ID:SC6NWVRKAN
Wyatt MacGaffey is Professor of Anthropology Emeritus at Haverford College and the author most recently of Kongo Political Culture.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
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