Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-Singers: History, Politics, and Land Ownership in Northern Ghana by Macgaffey, Wyatt

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...
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Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-Singers: History, Politics, and Land Ownership in Northern Ghana by Macgaffey, Wyatt

Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-Singers: History, Politics, and Land Ownership in Northern Ghana

€88,93

Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-Singers: History, Politics, and Land Ownership in Northern Ghana

€88,93
Author: Wyatt Macgaffey
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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 anthropology, the needs of British indirect rule, and local political agency. The book demonstrates, too, how political agency has shaped the kinship system. MacGaffey traces the evolution of chieftaincy as the sources of power changed and as land ceased to be simply the living space of the dependents of a chief and became a commodity and a resource for development. The internal violence in Dagbon that has been a topic of national and international concern since 2002 is shown to be a product of the interwoven values of tradition, modern Ghanaian politics, modern education, and economic opportunism.



Author: Wyatt Macgaffey
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 03/13/2013
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.42w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780813933863


Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2014

About the Author

Wyatt MacGaffey is Professor of Anthropology Emeritus at Haverford College and the author most recently of Kongo Political Culture.


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