Tom Mccaskie
Biographic Data
| ID | 81391 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tom Mccaskie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tom |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccaskie |
| SIGNATURE | MCCASKIE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1021-7724 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Fictional Representation and Factual Reality in European Exhibitions of Asante People, 1870s–1920s: A Preliminary Account
Over recent years much has been written on the widespread practice of exhibiting living imperial subjects to metropolitan European publics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. For the most part this literature has been produced by scholars chiefly concerned with the range of ideological and cultural attitudes then prevailing within European societies themselves. This is of course an intellectually valid topic of research but, if …
The War of the Insects” ( nkoekoemmaa no akodi ): A Memoir of the Manhyia Archives in Kumasi in the 1970s
I was perhaps the earliest researcher to work consistently in the very rich Asante royal archives placed on public deposit in Kumasi. These were and are fundamental to any deep understanding of Asante history and culture. This work was forbiddingly onerous and demanding in the 1970s. My persistence then earned me the trust and support of Asantehene Opoku Ware II (1970–1999) and this has been maintained by his successor, the present Asantehene Ose…
Devising and Disclosing an Autobiographical Self
Scholarship should attend to the imperative that African identities need to be particularized and explored, and not simply generalized and proclaimed. Thus, this article interrogates the case of the autobiographical self-portrait recently authored and published by Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (born 1948), widow of the late J. J. Rawlings (died 2020; Ghanaian Head of State, 1979 and 1981–2001). Nana Konadu strongly identified herself with the caus…
Psychoanalysis and the antinomies of an archaeologist: Andrea Carandini, the ruins of Rome, and the writing of history
Freud’s fascination with the ruins of ancient Rome was an element in the formation and development of psychology. This article concerns the intersection of psychoanalysis with archaeology and history in the study of that city. Its substantive content is an analysis of the life and career of Andrea Carandini, the best-known Roman archaeologist of the past 40 years. He has said and written much about his changing views of himself and about what he …
Jennifer Hart. Ghana on the Go: African Mobility in the Age of Motor Transportation
Unspeakable Words, Unmasterable Feelings: Calamity and the Making of History in Asante
The present article explores crucial aspects of the Asante understanding and construction of their own historical experience. Specifically, it historicizes the royal oaths of the first two Asante rulers Osei Tutu (d. 1717) and Opoku Ware (d. 1750). These have long been understood to be fundamental elements in the working of Asante society and culture, but here they are situated precisely as historical testaments and mnemonics. Attention is paid t…
History has many cunning passages: Kwasi Apea Nuama between the Asante and the British
This article, a companion piece to that on Kwame Tua, traces the life history of his elder full brother Kwasi Apea Nuama (c.1862-1936) as he too sought purchase and place in the new colonial order in Asante. Temperamentally a very different man from his brother, Kwasi Apea Nuama set out to make himself indispensable as the interpreter of Asante history and custom to the uncomprehending British. Both brothers, then, were mediators or translators b…
You are the music while the music lasts: Kwame Tua between the Asante and the British
This article is an interpretive biography of Kwame Tua (c.1865-1950), one of millions of Africans born into an independent society that was overtaken by colonial conquest and overrule. Kwame Tua was from Asante, now in the republic of Ghana, and held the ascriptive status of a royal servant (ahenkwaa) who might have expected a specialist career as a royal hornblower. He was musically very gifted. However, after ruinous civil wars in the 1880s, th…
African mediators, the Asante and British colonial rule: Introduction
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John Peel: A Valedictory Remembrance
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Telling the Tale of Osei Bonsu: An Essay on the Making of Asante Oral History
This paper is about the Asante perception and understanding of Asante history as expressed in theapaeor 'praise songs' of Asantehene (King of the Asante) Osei Tutu Kwame, known as Osei Bonsu (1804-23). As such, it offers an indigenous portrait of kingship and the expectations and behaviours attaching to it in Asante thought. The core of the paper is centred on the role of Osei Tutu Kwame as a leader in war, against the Fante of the southern Gold …
Telling the Tale of Osei Bonsu: An Essay on the Making of Asante Oral History
This paper is about the Asante perception and understanding of Asante history as expressed in theapaeor 'praise songs' of Asantehene (King of the Asante) Osei Tutu Kwame, known as Osei Bonsu (1804-23). As such, it offers an indigenous portrait of kingship and the expectations and behaviours attaching to it in Asante thought. The core of the paper is centred on the role of Osei Tutu Kwame as a leader in war, against the Fante of the southern Gold …
Unspeakable Words, Unmasterable Feelings: Calamity and the Making of History in Asante
The present article explores crucial aspects of the Asante understanding and construction of their own historical experience. Specifically, it historicizes the royal oaths of the first two Asante rulers Osei Tutu (d. 1717) and Opoku Ware (d. 1750). These have long been understood to be fundamental elements in the working of Asante society and culture, but here they are situated precisely as historical testaments and mnemonics. Attention is paid t…
You are the music while the music lasts: Kwame Tua between the Asante and the British
This article is an interpretive biography of Kwame Tua (c.1865-1950), one of millions of Africans born into an independent society that was overtaken by colonial conquest and overrule. Kwame Tua was from Asante, now in the republic of Ghana, and held the ascriptive status of a royal servant (ahenkwaa) who might have expected a specialist career as a royal hornblower. He was musically very gifted. However, after ruinous civil wars in the 1880s, th…
History has many cunning passages: Kwasi Apea Nuama between the Asante and the British
This article, a companion piece to that on Kwame Tua, traces the life history of his elder full brother Kwasi Apea Nuama (c.1862-1936) as he too sought purchase and place in the new colonial order in Asante. Temperamentally a very different man from his brother, Kwasi Apea Nuama set out to make himself indispensable as the interpreter of Asante history and custom to the uncomprehending British. Both brothers, then, were mediators or translators b…
Telling the Tale of Osei Bonsu: An Essay on the Making of Asante Oral History
This paper is about the Asante perception and understanding of Asante history as expressed in theapaeor 'praise songs' of Asantehene (King of the Asante) Osei Tutu Kwame, known as Osei Bonsu (1804-23). As such, it offers an indigenous portrait of kingship and the expectations and behaviours attaching to it in Asante thought. The core of the paper is centred on the role of Osei Tutu Kwame as a leader in war, against the Fante of the southern Gold …
John Peel: A Valedictory Remembrance
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Unspeakable Words, Unmasterable Feelings: Calamity and the Making of History in Asante
The present article explores crucial aspects of the Asante understanding and construction of their own historical experience. Specifically, it historicizes the royal oaths of the first two Asante rulers Osei Tutu (d. 1717) and Opoku Ware (d. 1750). These have long been understood to be fundamental elements in the working of Asante society and culture, but here they are situated precisely as historical testaments and mnemonics. Attention is paid t…
History has many cunning passages: Kwasi Apea Nuama between the Asante and the British
This article, a companion piece to that on Kwame Tua, traces the life history of his elder full brother Kwasi Apea Nuama (c.1862-1936) as he too sought purchase and place in the new colonial order in Asante. Temperamentally a very different man from his brother, Kwasi Apea Nuama set out to make himself indispensable as the interpreter of Asante history and custom to the uncomprehending British. Both brothers, then, were mediators or translators b…
You are the music while the music lasts: Kwame Tua between the Asante and the British
This article is an interpretive biography of Kwame Tua (c.1865-1950), one of millions of Africans born into an independent society that was overtaken by colonial conquest and overrule. Kwame Tua was from Asante, now in the republic of Ghana, and held the ascriptive status of a royal servant (ahenkwaa) who might have expected a specialist career as a royal hornblower. He was musically very gifted. However, after ruinous civil wars in the 1880s, th…
African mediators, the Asante and British colonial rule: Introduction
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Jennifer Hart. Ghana on the Go: African Mobility in the Age of Motor Transportation
Psychoanalysis and the antinomies of an archaeologist: Andrea Carandini, the ruins of Rome, and the writing of history
Freud’s fascination with the ruins of ancient Rome was an element in the formation and development of psychology. This article concerns the intersection of psychoanalysis with archaeology and history in the study of that city. Its substantive content is an analysis of the life and career of Andrea Carandini, the best-known Roman archaeologist of the past 40 years. He has said and written much about his changing views of himself and about what he …
Devising and Disclosing an Autobiographical Self
Scholarship should attend to the imperative that African identities need to be particularized and explored, and not simply generalized and proclaimed. Thus, this article interrogates the case of the autobiographical self-portrait recently authored and published by Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (born 1948), widow of the late J. J. Rawlings (died 2020; Ghanaian Head of State, 1979 and 1981–2001). Nana Konadu strongly identified herself with the caus…
The War of the Insects” ( nkoekoemmaa no akodi ): A Memoir of the Manhyia Archives in Kumasi in the 1970s
I was perhaps the earliest researcher to work consistently in the very rich Asante royal archives placed on public deposit in Kumasi. These were and are fundamental to any deep understanding of Asante history and culture. This work was forbiddingly onerous and demanding in the 1970s. My persistence then earned me the trust and support of Asantehene Opoku Ware II (1970–1999) and this has been maintained by his successor, the present Asantehene Ose…
Fictional Representation and Factual Reality in European Exhibitions of Asante People, 1870s–1920s: A Preliminary Account
Over recent years much has been written on the widespread practice of exhibiting living imperial subjects to metropolitan European publics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. For the most part this literature has been produced by scholars chiefly concerned with the range of ideological and cultural attitudes then prevailing within European societies themselves. This is of course an intellectually valid topic of research but, if …
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