Nkrumah and the chiefs : the politics of chieftaincy in Ghana, 1951-1960

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Title:

Nkrumah and the chiefs : the politics of chieftaincy in Ghana, 1951-1960

Author:

Rathbone, Richard.

ISBN:

9780852557709

9780821413050

Personal Author:

Rathbone, Richard.

Publication Information:

Oxford [England] : J. Currey ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 1999.

Physical Description:

xi, 176 p. ; 24 cm.

Series:

West African Studies

Series Title:

West African Studies

Personal Subject:

Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972.

Corporate Subject:

Convention People's Party (Ghana) -- History.

Subject Term:

Local government -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century.

Chiefdoms -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century.

Tribal government -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term:

Ghana -- Politics and government.

Ghana -- Politics and government -- 1957-1979.

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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.
North America: Ohio U Press

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