K A Busia
Biographic Data
| ID | 3632392 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K A Busia |
| GIVEN NAMES | K A |
| FAMILY NAME | Busia |
| SIGNATURE | BUSIA K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | West African Health Organisation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1954 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Trends and inequalities in the nutritional status of adolescent girls and adult women in sub-Saharan Africa since 2000: A cross-sectional series study
INTRODUCTION: Evidence on the rate at which the double burden of malnutrition unfolds is limited. We quantified trends and inequalities in the nutritional status of adolescent girls and adult women in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: We analysed 102 Demographic and Health Surveys between 1993 and 2017 from 35 countries. We assessed regional trends through cross-sectional series analyses and ran multilevel linear regression models to estimate the aver…
Toxicological evaluation of Picralima nitida in rodents
The Position of the Chief in the Modern Political System of Ashanti: A Study of the Influence of Contemporary Social Changes on Ashanti Political Institutions
Position of the Chief in the Modern Political System of Ashanti: A Study of the Influence of Contemporary Social Changes on Ashanti Political Institutions
The Ashanti Confederacy Council
The Ashanti Confederacy Council as restored by Government in 1935 is governed by legislation defining the area of its authority, and setting out its powers and constitution. The scope of the Council&s;s activities was widened by the Native Law and Custom Ordinance 1940. The Confederacy Council was at the request of the chiefs themselves that Government conceded that constitutional cases should be tried by the Confederacy Council. A survey of the …
Chiefship and Land-Tenure
The system of land-tenure in Ashanti was based on kinship solidarity, allegiance to tribal stools, and the supremacy of the ancestors. Kinship, reverence for the ancestors and belief in the spiritual power of the Earth have combined to give lands tenure in Ashanti its peculiar character. In any Ashanti village the inquirer was informed, &s;The land belongs to the stool&s;, or &s;The land belongs to the chief&s;. The chiefs were the custodians of …
The Ashanti Union
The history of the Ashanti Union in the nineteenth century gives the impression that the Union was a loose one in which the separate States exercised a wide degree of autonomy, and showed a tendency towards complete independence. In theory members of the same clan are believed to be descendants of a remote common ancestress. In spite of the bonds of clanship and the possession of common social and political institutions, language, and religion, t…
The Constitutional Aspect of Chiefship
Ashanti chiefship is based on the lineage system. The account of Wenchi confirms the main features of Ashanti constitutional practice presented in Rattray&s;s accounts of several of the Ashanti Divisions. For political purposes the matrilineal bond is the more significant. Kingdoms broke up, lineages dispersed, some tribes expanded, others diminished owing to wars and migrations. Where the immigrants formed a separate village, as in the case of G…
The Chief To-Day
Government has made an important and constructive contribution towards the political development of Ashanti. To-day the Government has put an end to tribal warfare, and different tasks are expected of a Native Authority. In the political sphere the chief is under the control of Government. The chief&s;s economic position has been assailed by the new changes. The chief was the link between the tribe and the Golden Stool, and so in this way the tri…
British Rule and the Chief
Petitions have been sent to Government by the various chiefs affected, some supporting Wenchi, as the District headquarters, according to its proximity to them. There is a tension in the social structure which is a counterpart to the economic tension about property and inheritance. The struggle between the commoners and the traditional authority took a new turn under British rule. Ashanti has been administered on the system of indirect rule which…
Administration and Justice
The work of administration was done by the heads and councillors of the administrative units—lineage, village, or sub-division. The administrative function of the officials—elders, Adekurofo, Abirempon, and chiefs—was to keep law and order in the community. Murder and suicide were regarded as cases which should be submitted to the central authority for hearing, so that justice could be done. The chief dealt with the council of elders at the capit…
The Religious Aspect of Chiefship
The Ashantis believe in a world of spirits where all their ancestors live in very much the same way as they lived on earth. Chiefship in Ashanti is a sacred office. The sacred nature of the chief&s;s office is a characteristic feature of chiefship throughout the Gold Coast. Manya Krobo is a State in the Eastern Province of the Gold Coast. The ancestors are believed to be the custodians of the laws and customs of the tribe. Both Rattray and Bowdic…
British Rule and the Chief
In 1924 Government passed the Native Jurisdiction Ordinance, which defined the powers and duties of the chiefs in Ashanti. The appointment of employees for carrying out the provisions of the Native Authority Ordinance requires the approval of the Chief Commissioner. Government not only appoints a Native Authority, but also prescribes its powers and duties. The ordinance makes provision for appeals. The Kumasi Native Authority has both administrat…
The use of medicinal plants in self-care in the Agonlin region of Benin
Education and Social Change in Ghana
Has the distinction between primitive and higher religions any sociological significance
Busia Kofi Abrefa. Has the distinction between primitive and higher religions any sociological significance ?. In: Archives de sociologie des religions, n°16, 1963. pp. 22-25
The Challenge of Africa
Sociology in a Rapidly Changing Society
Africa in Transition — I before European Colonization
In this issue and the two following, we present a series of articles by a leading African sociologist on three important phases of changing Africa. In this first part the author discusses some of the fundamental characteristics of African point of view. The description is of the spiritual world of African people before they were influenced by European civilization and Christianity, but much of it is by no means lost today, as the author often per…
Africa in Transition — III Technical Civilization
Industrialization in Africa must be defined broadly to include all technological developments in general and not simply the growth of large-scale manufacturing. These developments include industrial agriculture, mining, transportation, systems of communication, urbanization, etc. In the West when we deal with industrialization, we are concerned with processes, techniques, and machines resulting from a technical revolution, initiated from within t…
Ancestor Worship
The study of religion in primitive societies and ancient times must not start with its creeds, for they are often secondary, contrived “explanations” for religious behavior. Rather, the functional significance of religious forms like ancestor worship lies in their social bonds, in the way in which they provide a link between the living and their dead kin. Can the individual. Christian participate in that network of social relationships which is s…
Culture and Human Fertility
Culture and Human Fertility
The Primitive City of Timbuctoo
The Primitive City of Timbuctoo
Culture and Human Fertility
Culture and Human Fertility
Africa in Transition — I before European Colonization
In this issue and the two following, we present a series of articles by a leading African sociologist on three important phases of changing Africa. In this first part the author discusses some of the fundamental characteristics of African point of view. The description is of the spiritual world of African people before they were influenced by European civilization and Christianity, but much of it is by no means lost today, as the author often per…
Africa in Transition — III Technical Civilization
Industrialization in Africa must be defined broadly to include all technological developments in general and not simply the growth of large-scale manufacturing. These developments include industrial agriculture, mining, transportation, systems of communication, urbanization, etc. In the West when we deal with industrialization, we are concerned with processes, techniques, and machines resulting from a technical revolution, initiated from within t…
Ancestor Worship
The study of religion in primitive societies and ancient times must not start with its creeds, for they are often secondary, contrived “explanations” for religious behavior. Rather, the functional significance of religious forms like ancestor worship lies in their social bonds, in the way in which they provide a link between the living and their dead kin. Can the individual. Christian participate in that network of social relationships which is s…
Sociology in a Rapidly Changing Society
Has the distinction between primitive and higher religions any sociological significance
Busia Kofi Abrefa. Has the distinction between primitive and higher religions any sociological significance ?. In: Archives de sociologie des religions, n°16, 1963. pp. 22-25
The Challenge of Africa
Education and Social Change in Ghana
The use of medicinal plants in self-care in the Agonlin region of Benin
The Position of the Chief in the Modern Political System of Ashanti: A Study of the Influence of Contemporary Social Changes on Ashanti Political Institutions
Position of the Chief in the Modern Political System of Ashanti: A Study of the Influence of Contemporary Social Changes on Ashanti Political Institutions
The Ashanti Confederacy Council
The Ashanti Confederacy Council as restored by Government in 1935 is governed by legislation defining the area of its authority, and setting out its powers and constitution. The scope of the Council&s;s activities was widened by the Native Law and Custom Ordinance 1940. The Confederacy Council was at the request of the chiefs themselves that Government conceded that constitutional cases should be tried by the Confederacy Council. A survey of the …
Chiefship and Land-Tenure
The system of land-tenure in Ashanti was based on kinship solidarity, allegiance to tribal stools, and the supremacy of the ancestors. Kinship, reverence for the ancestors and belief in the spiritual power of the Earth have combined to give lands tenure in Ashanti its peculiar character. In any Ashanti village the inquirer was informed, &s;The land belongs to the stool&s;, or &s;The land belongs to the chief&s;. The chiefs were the custodians of …
The Ashanti Union
The history of the Ashanti Union in the nineteenth century gives the impression that the Union was a loose one in which the separate States exercised a wide degree of autonomy, and showed a tendency towards complete independence. In theory members of the same clan are believed to be descendants of a remote common ancestress. In spite of the bonds of clanship and the possession of common social and political institutions, language, and religion, t…
The Constitutional Aspect of Chiefship
Ashanti chiefship is based on the lineage system. The account of Wenchi confirms the main features of Ashanti constitutional practice presented in Rattray&s;s accounts of several of the Ashanti Divisions. For political purposes the matrilineal bond is the more significant. Kingdoms broke up, lineages dispersed, some tribes expanded, others diminished owing to wars and migrations. Where the immigrants formed a separate village, as in the case of G…
The Chief To-Day
Government has made an important and constructive contribution towards the political development of Ashanti. To-day the Government has put an end to tribal warfare, and different tasks are expected of a Native Authority. In the political sphere the chief is under the control of Government. The chief&s;s economic position has been assailed by the new changes. The chief was the link between the tribe and the Golden Stool, and so in this way the tri…
British Rule and the Chief
Petitions have been sent to Government by the various chiefs affected, some supporting Wenchi, as the District headquarters, according to its proximity to them. There is a tension in the social structure which is a counterpart to the economic tension about property and inheritance. The struggle between the commoners and the traditional authority took a new turn under British rule. Ashanti has been administered on the system of indirect rule which…
Administration and Justice
The work of administration was done by the heads and councillors of the administrative units—lineage, village, or sub-division. The administrative function of the officials—elders, Adekurofo, Abirempon, and chiefs—was to keep law and order in the community. Murder and suicide were regarded as cases which should be submitted to the central authority for hearing, so that justice could be done. The chief dealt with the council of elders at the capit…
The Religious Aspect of Chiefship
The Ashantis believe in a world of spirits where all their ancestors live in very much the same way as they lived on earth. Chiefship in Ashanti is a sacred office. The sacred nature of the chief&s;s office is a characteristic feature of chiefship throughout the Gold Coast. Manya Krobo is a State in the Eastern Province of the Gold Coast. The ancestors are believed to be the custodians of the laws and customs of the tribe. Both Rattray and Bowdic…
British Rule and the Chief
In 1924 Government passed the Native Jurisdiction Ordinance, which defined the powers and duties of the chiefs in Ashanti. The appointment of employees for carrying out the provisions of the Native Authority Ordinance requires the approval of the Chief Commissioner. Government not only appoints a Native Authority, but also prescribes its powers and duties. The ordinance makes provision for appeals. The Kumasi Native Authority has both administrat…
Toxicological evaluation of Picralima nitida in rodents
Trends and inequalities in the nutritional status of adolescent girls and adult women in sub-Saharan Africa since 2000: A cross-sectional series study
INTRODUCTION: Evidence on the rate at which the double burden of malnutrition unfolds is limited. We quantified trends and inequalities in the nutritional status of adolescent girls and adult women in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: We analysed 102 Demographic and Health Surveys between 1993 and 2017 from 35 countries. We assessed regional trends through cross-sectional series analyses and ran multilevel linear regression models to estimate the aver…
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