Research Catalog

Title

West African chiefs; their changing status under colonial rule and independence. Edited by Michael Crowder and Obaro Ikime. Translations from the French by Brenda Packman.

Publication

New York, Africana Pub. Corp. [1970]

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Additional Authors

• Crowder, Michael, 1934-
• Ikime, Obaro.
• University of Ife. Institute of African Studies.

Description

xxix, 453 p. illus., maps.; 23 cm.

Subjects

• France > Colonies > Africa > Administration
• Great Britain > Colonies > Africa > Administration
• Colonies > Africa

Note

• Selected papers of an international seminar held by the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ife, Dec. 17-21, 1968.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Introd., by M. Crowder and O. Ikime.--Chiefs, commandants and clerks: their relationship from conquest to decolonisation in French West Africa, by P. Alexandre.--The relationship of the British political officer to his chief in northern Nigeria, by J. Smith.--The problems of chieftaincies in French speaking Africa, by P. Alexandre.--The Fouta-Djalon chieftaincy, by J. Suret-Canale.--The changing status of the "Emperor of the Mossi" under colonial rule and since independence, by E.P. Skinner.--Chieftaincy among the Bariba of Dahomey, by J. Lombard.--The Alaketu of Ketu and the Onimeko of Meko: the changing status of two Yuroba rulers under French and British rule, by I.A. Asiwaju.--Aspects of emirship in Kano, by J.N. Paden.--The kingship in Bornu, by R. Cohen.--The changing status of the Alafin of Oyo under colonial rule and independence, by J.A. Atanda.--The changing position of the Awujales of Ijebuland under colonial rule, by E.A. Ayandele.--Obas of the Ekiti Confederacy since the advant of the British, by S.A. Akintoye.--The changing status of the Obas of Benin under colonial rule and since independence, by P.A. Igbafe.
• (cont.) The changing status of chiefs among the Itsekiri, by O. Ikime.--Chieftancy in the former eastern region of Nigeria, by G.I. Jones.--Chiefs constitutions and the British in northern Ghana, by P. Ferguson and I. Wilks.--Government and chiefs in Kumasi Zongo, by E. Schildkrout.--The resilient chieftaincy at Larteh, Ghana, by D. Brokensha.--Limba chiefs, by R. Finnegan and D.J. Murray.

Call Number

JLD 72-581

ISBN

0841900469

LCCN

70116638

OCLC

NYPG720061352-B

Title

West African chiefs; their changing status under colonial rule and independence. Edited by Michael Crowder and Obaro Ikime. Translations from the French by Brenda Packman.

Imprint

New York, Africana Pub. Corp. [1970]

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Crowder, Michael, 1934-

Ikime, Obaro.

University of Ife. Institute of African Studies.

Research Call Number

JLD 72-581

Sc 325.31-W (West African chiefs. 1970) c.1

Sc 325.31-W (West African chiefs. 1970) c.2