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Making of an African King

Making of an African King

MAKING OF AN AFRICAN KING PATRPB

Anthony Ephirim-Donkor

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2014
Materia
Política y gobierno
ISBN:
9780761865032
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The Making of an African King examines the source of the kingship struggle in Winneba, Ghana as seen by colonial administrators, and the final court ruling in June 2013 between the patrilineal Otuano Royal Family against the non-royal Acquah faction that favors matrilineal system of succession practiced by the Akan.

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