Religion and chieftaincy in Ghana: an explanation of the persistence of a traditional political institution in West Africa
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Berlin [u.a.]
Lit
2013
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| Schriftenreihe: | Anthropology of religion
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| Umfang: | 306 S. Ill., Kt. |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 12
CHAPTER I: EXPLANATIONS OF THE PERSISTENCE OF ASANTE CHIEFTAINCY 18
1.1 INTRODUCTION 18
1.1.1 POLITICAL FACTORS 19
1.1.2 ECONOMIC FACTORS 22
1.1.3 JURIDICAL FACTORS 28
1.1.4 NEW EXPLANATORY FACTORS FROM THE STUDY OF ASANTE INDIGENOUS
RELIGION 30
1.2 INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS AND ASANTE INDIGENOUS RELIGION 35
1.3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 43
1.4 THE CONTEMPORARY KUMASI METROPOLIS, ITS DEMOGRAPHY AND RELIGIONS 44
1.5 SUMMARY 47
CHAPTER II: HISTORICAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN (INDIGENOUS) RELIGIOUS STUDIES:
SOME PHILOSOPHICAL JUSTIFICATION 48
2.1. INTRODUCTION 48
2.2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS AND CHIEFTAINCY AS
SEPARATE ACADEMIC FIELDS OF STUDY 48
2.3 ANTHROPOLOGY, HISTORY AND HISTORICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 53
2.4. HISTORICAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN (INDIGENOUS) RELIGIOUS STUDIES 57
2.4.1 THE BERNER MODEL OF SYNCRETIC PROCESSES 58
2.4.2 SPIRIT MEDIUMSHIP, HEALTH AND POWER 59
2.5 HISTORICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOURCE DISCUSSION AND THE
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ASANTE PAST 61
2.5.1 THE PRECOLONIAL ASANTE PAST 61
2.5.2 THE COLONIAL ASANTE PAST 70
2.5.3 THE POSTCOLONIAL ASANTE PAST 71
2.6 SUMMARY 75
CHAPTER III: THE INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS MEDIATORY AND PEACEKEEPING ROLES
OF THE ASANTE TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES IN THE PRECOLONIAL PERIOD 77
3.1 INTRODUCTION 77
3.2 THE ORIGIN OF ASANTE AND THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF ASANTEMAN 77
3.3 THE LEGITIMATION OF ASANTEMAN: THE GOLDEN STOOL, THE SWEARING OF
OATHS AND THE ODWIRA FESTIVAL 89
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3.4 THE INTRODUCTION OF ISLAM AND EUROPEAN MISSIONARY CHRISTIANITY IN
THE ASANTE KINGDOM 94
3.5 THE ASANTE TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES AND THEIR INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS
MEDIATORY FUNCTION 99
3.6 THE ASANTE TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES AND THEIR FUNCTION AS INDIGENOUS
RELIGIOUS PEACEKEEPERS 108
3.6.1 THE MUSLIMS 108
3.6.2 THE CHRISTIANS 113
3.7 CONCLUSION 122
CHAPTER IV: INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS MEDIATION AND PEACEKEEPING IN THE
COLONIAL PERIOD 126
4.1. INTRODUCTION 126
4.2. THE FORM OF ASANTE CHIEFTAINCY IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD 126
4.3. THE INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS MEDIATORY ROLE OF THE ASANTE RULING PAIRS
EDWARD AGYEMAN PREMPEH I AND KONADU YAADOM II, AND OSEI AGYEMAN PREMPEH
II AND HIS FEMALE CO-RULERS 131
4.3.1. THE AKONKOFOO AND THE EDUCATED ASANTE ELITE 134
4.3.2. THE NKWANKWAA 136
4.3.3 THE NHENKWAA 142
4.4. THE INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS PEACEKEEPING ROLE OF AGYEMAN PREMPEH I AND
OSEI AGYEMAN PREMPEH II AND THEIR FEMALE CO-RULERS 145
4.4.1. THE MUSLIMS 145
4.4.2. THE CHRISTIANS 148
4.5 CONCLUSION 153
CHAPTER V: THE ASANTE TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES AND THEIR INDIGENOUS
RELIGIOUS MEDIATORY ROLE IN TODAY S KUMASI METROPOLIS 155
5.1. INTRODUCTION 155
5.2. THE ASANTE ROYAL PRE-BURIAL RITUAL OF SAAMANHENE NANTWI II AND ITS
INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS ATTRIBUTES 155
5.3. THE SAAMANHENE NANTWI II S PRE-BURIAL RITUAL IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
PERSISTENCE OF ASANTE CHIEFTAINCY 169
5.4. TWO ASANTE RITUALS PERFORMED BY CHIEFS WHERE LIBATION IS POURED AND
ASANTE INDIGENOUS RELIGION IS SIGNIFICANT 175
5.5. THE POURING OF LIBATION AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ASANTE
INDIGENOUS RELIGION AND THE PERSISTENCE OF ASANTE CHIEFTAINCY 178 5.6. A
RITE OF PASSAGE FOR ENSTOOLMENTS AND THE PRESENCE OF INDIGENOUS
RELIGIOUS ELEMENTS 180
5.7. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A ROYAL S RITE OF PASSAGE OF ENSTOOLMENT
AND THE PERSISTENCE OF ASANTE CHIEFTAINCY 182
5.8. ASANTE INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE ASANTEMAN ADAE
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KESE FESTIVAL 183
5.9. THE ASANTEMAN ACIAE KESE FESTIVAL AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE
PERSISTENCE OF ASANTE CHIEFTAINCY 188
5.10 CONCLUSION 192
CHAPTER VI: THE ASANTE TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES AND THEIR ROLE AS
INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS PEACEKEEPERS IN TODAY S KUMASI METROPOLIS 193
6.1. INTRODUCTION 193
6.2. THE ASANTEMAN ADAE KESE FESTIVAL CELEBRATION OF 2004 193
6.3. THE RELATIONS OF THE ASANTE TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES WITH MUSLIMS
194 6.3.1. THE SOCIO-POLITICAL RELATIONS 196
6.3.2. THE RELIGIOUS RELATIONS 207
6.4. THE RELATIONS OF THE ASANTE TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES WITH CHRISTIANS
216 6.4.1. THE SOCIO-POLITICAL RELATIONS 216
6.4.2. THE RELIGIOUS RELATIONS 223
6.5 CONCLUSION 229
FINAL CONCLUSION 232
BIBLIOGRAPHY 240
CHAPTER VII: APPENDICES 269
7.1. ARCHIVES 269
7.1.1. (ARC): PUBLIC RECORDS AND ARCHIVES ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
(PRAAD) AT THE KUMASI NATIONAL CULTURAL CENTRE (NCC) 269 7.1.2 OTHER
ARCHIVES 269
7.1.3 ABBREVIATIONS 270
7.2. GLOSSARY OF ASANTE INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS (TWI) TERM 271
7.3. GLOSSARY OF MUSLIM TERMS (ARABIC, HAUSA AND MANDE) 282
7.4. LIST OF RESPONDENTS 285
7.5. MAPS 294
7.6. PHOTOGRAPHS 297
7.7. SYMBOLS 298
INDEX 302
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BASED ON EXTENSIVE RESEARCH IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
SOURCES AND ON FIELD RESEARCH IN GHANA, INCLUDING MORE
THAN
40 INTERVIEWS, AND APPLYING HER
FORMIDABLE
EXPERTISE
IN
AFRICAN HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, HISTORICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND
RELIGIOUS
STUDIES, DR LOUISE MUELLER HAS PRODUCED A SUPERB
ANALYSIS OF THE HISTORY AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE ROLES OF
CHIEFTAINCY
IN THE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS, RITUALS AND IDEAS
AMONG
THE ASANTE.
DAVID E. SKINNER, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY-AFRICAN AND ISLAMIC
STUDIES. (SANTA
CLARA
UNIVERSITY, USA)
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