Unspeakable Words, Unmasterable Feelings
Calamity and the Making of History in Asante
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7097580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Mccaskie (0000-0003-1021-7724), T C Mccaskie (University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-20 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853717000408 |
| OpenAlex | W2796639974 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 27 |
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 to current debates on matters of emotion, affect and performance, but the focus of the article is an empirical and exemplary investigation of history-making among the Asante
Aesthetics · Affect (linguistics · Art · Elite · Feeling · Focus (optics · Mnemonic · Political science · Politics · Situated · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Communication · History · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Asante in the Nineteenth Century
Spirituality, Gender, and Power in Asante History
Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee
Akwankwaa
Touching the void
Time and the Calendar in Nineteenth - Century Asante
Local Knowledge
Akwankwaa
Engaging Modernity
A Reliable Account of the Coast of Guinea (1760)
A Nervous State
The Affective, the Intellectual, and Gender History
Komfo Anokye of Asante
The communicative role of silence in Akan
Spirituality, Gender, and Power in Asante History
Menstruation as a Verbal Taboo among the Akan of Ghana
Ntam 'reminiscential oath' taboo in Akan
Saga of a Slave
Accumulation, wealth and belief in Asante history
Threads and Traces
Telling the Tale of Osei Bonsu
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |