Forests of Gold
Essays on the Akan and the Kingdom of Asante
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3910937 |
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| Authors | Donna J E Maier |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 665 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Forests of gold: Essays on the Akan and the Kingdom of Asante, Ivor Wilks, 1993 |
| Venue | The International Journal of African Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-7882 • E-ISSN: 2326-3016 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/220783 |
| OpenAlex | W2040398766 |
| Language | EN |
The Asante had unique conceptions of time and motion, and the relationships between the unborn, the living and the dead. This study suggests that awareness of their past has much to do with the survival of their culture in this century
Biology · Ethnology · Genealogy · Kingdom · Political science · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Anthropology · History
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Innovations in Trust
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Transfer of Knowledge on Agroforestry Management Practices
Patriarchy, Spirituality, and Power
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West African Insurgencies in Agrarian Perspective
Collective Action and Adaptive Socioecological Cycles in Premodern States
Reconnecting the Forest, Savanna, and Sahel in West Africa
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Le crachoir chinois du roi
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Liberty, Insolence and Rum
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A primeira partilha da África
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Mining Rituals in Vital Spaces
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Divine Rulers in a Secular State
In the Belly of Dan
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Soyo and Kongo
The Asante and Diplomatic Use of Food
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