The Position of the Chief in the Modern Political System of Ashanti: A Study of the Influence of Contemporary Social Changes on Ashanti Political ... Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century) - Softcover

Busia, K. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138492272 ISBN 13: 9781138492271

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Originally published in 1951, this book provides an account of the traditional status and functions of the Asanti chief. The effects of British administration on the powers of the chief and his council are described, as are the tensions which the traditional political organization was subjected to by the requirements of modern administration. The author of this book was himself an Ashanti and was the first West African tobe appointed to the Colonial Adminstrative Service.

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About the Author

In 1969 K.A. Busia became Prime Minister of Ghana. While he was in Britain for a medical check-up, the army under Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong overthrew his government on 13 January 1972. Busia remained in exile in England and returned to Oxford University, where he died from a heart attack in August 1978.[3]

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138492272
• ISBN 13: 9781138492271
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248