The King, His Soul and the Pastor
Three Views of a Conflict in Akropong 1906-7
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3932028 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pamela Jenkins (0000-0002-9854-9450, corresponding author), Paul Jenkins (0000-0002-8657-3605, 1Largitzenstrasse 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland), Michelle Gilbert (2Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106, USA) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 359-415 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/157006608x375516 |
| OpenAlex | W2092247187 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
In 1906-7, in Akwapim, a small kingdom in southern Ghana (then the Gold Coast), a bitter conflict occurred between the king, Nana Kwasi Akuffo, and Kwasi Fianko, a wealthy trader who had been appointed as the king's 'soul' (okra) but who later decided to resign his position and rejoin the Christian community. Two detailed accounts addressed to the Basel Mission were written by an indigenous pastor and his superior, a long-serving missionary. They recount the conflict, the negotiations that ensued, and the complex relations between the king and the Basel Mission community. These reports depict the ambitions and the everyday conduct of a poor king and a wealthy commoner, the one a non-Christian and the other a Christian, in the early years of the twentieth century. They also describe the position of the 'soul' in an Akan court, and the central importance of money in a kingdom lacking important natural resources
Archaeology · Economics · History of religions · Indigenous · Kingdom · Negotiation · Political science · Position (finance · Sociology · Soul · Theology · Vigil · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Law · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2013 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |