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Title: | CHIEFS KNOW THEIR BOUNDARIES - ESSAYS ON PROPERTY, POWER, AND THE PAST IN ASANTE, 1896-1996 | |
| Author: | SARA S. BERRY | |
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| Price: | £16.95 | ||
| Publisher: | JAMES CURREY | ||
| Distributor: | PLYMBRIDGE | ||
| ISBN: | 0325070024 | ||
| Format/Size: | 156X234MM | ||
| Pages: | 226 | ||
| Publication Date: | 2001 | ||
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| Description: | Explores changes and continuities in the ways people have made and exercised claims on land in Asante, Ghana, during the colonial and postcolonial periods. Convinced that customary rules and rulers provided a stable foundation for colonial rule, British officials decided early on that ownership of the land was vested in Asante chiefs. As land values rose, struggles intensified over land and land-based income, and also over the meaning of 'custom' and its relevance to the colonial order. Although postcolonial Ghanaian governments have legislated sweeping reductions in the scope of chiefly authority and customary law, most land in Asante remains subject to multiple, overlapping claims and continued debate. Sara Berry is Professor of History & Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University |
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