Chiefs, Priests and Praise-Singers: History, Politics, and Land Ownership in Northern Ghana - Hardcover

Wyatt MacGaffey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813933862 ISBN 13: 9780813933863

Publisher: University of Virginia Press, 2013

Synopsis

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Review:

MacGaffey is deservedly one of the most celebrated anthropologists alive today, not only for his significant ethnography in west central Africa but also for his contributions to our understandings of belief systems and therapeutic strategies. Here he has produced a magical book which enables the reader to understand the dynamism of 'tradition' and 'traditional authority.' A mature work written by an admirable scholar at the peak of a long career.

--Richard Rathbone, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

A very interesting and important case study on the Dagbon chiefdom in northern Ghana. MacGaffey offers a nuanced analysis of the intricate relationship between secular and ritual/religious sources of chiefly power and how these have changed over time.

--Carola Lentz, Mainz University

About the Author:

<strong>Wyatt MacGaffey</strong> is Professor of Anthropology Emeritus at Haverford College, USA and the author most recently of <em>Kongo Political Culture.</em>

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0813933862
• ISBN 13: 9780813933863
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224