Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-singers

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Author	: Wyatt MacGaffey
Publisher	: University of Virginia Press
Total Pages	: 305
Release	: 2013
ISBN-10	: 9780813933863
ISBN-13	: 0813933862
Rating	: 4/5 (63 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-singers by : Wyatt MacGaffey

Book excerpt: Colonial anthropology and historical reconstruction -- Drum chant and the political uses of tradition -- Tindanas and chiefs : ethnography -- Chiefs and tindanas : making 'nam' -- Tamale : the Dakpema, the Gulkpe'Na, the Bugulana, and the law of the land -- Chiefs in the national arena.

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