The politics of chieftaincy : authority and property in colonial Ghana, 1920-1950 /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Rochester, New York :
University of Rochester Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ;
v. 61. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : contesting space and authority in a colonial capital
- Situating Ga institutions in the European colonial milieu
- Land legislation, commodification, and effects in Accra
- Negotiating chieftaincy, the Ga stool, and colonial intervention
- Succession disputes, the Ga state council, and the future of chieftaincy
- Contesting property in Accra and its periurban locales
- Conclusion.