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21 janvier 2019
- doi: 10.4000/books.etnograficapress.1344
- isbn: 9781859733998
- eisbn: 9791036516344
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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antropologia da família elite história da família reprodução social élite anthropologie de la famille histoire de la famille reproduction sociale anthropology of the family elite family history social reproduction Sociology & Anthropology SOC002000 JHMSujets proches
Generation Procreation Pangenesis Amphimixis Political thought Government Political theory Civil government Commonwealth, The Science, Political Administration Politics EarthCiter ce document
Carola Lentz, « 5. 'Tradition' Versus 'Politics': Succession Conflicts in a Chiefdom of North-western Ghana », Etnográfica Press, ID : 10.4000/books.etnograficapress.1344
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In large tracts of what is today north-western Ghana the institution of chieftaincy was introduced by the British colonial government. The 'stateless societies' of the north-west knew the office of the earth priest, the custodian of the shrine to the earthgod, which was ideally vested in the patrilineage of the first settler of the locale, and fulfilled religious as well as secular functions of conflict management. In some settlements individuals other than the earth priests also held positio...