| The Making of an African King: Patrilineal and Matrilineal Struggle Among the ?wutu (Effutu) of Ghana Revised Edition Contributor(s): Ephirim-Donkor, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761865039 ISBN-13: 9780761865032 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $50.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History | Africa - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 966.7 |
| LCCN: 2014953034 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.96" W x 8.8" (0.97 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - West Africa - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kingship (chieftaincy) disputes are commonplace in Ghana. These disputes may begin as rivalries among eligible candidates, or when ineligible candidates are elected caretaker kings due to their invaluable services to a royal family. However, upon the demise of the caretaker rulers, sometimes their descendants refuse to cede power, thus creating protracted and sometimes violent power struggles. This is exactly what happened to the Ᾱwutu-ābe (Effutu) of Simpa. In 1898, twenty-seven years after the death of a caretaker ruler elected by the Otuano Royal Family for his invaluable service to the royal family, his nephew contested the throne plunging the Ᾱwutu into a cycle of contentious internecine struggle. The Making of an African King examines the source of the struggle 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 the matrilineal system of descent practiced by the Akan. |