Contents and Contexts the Rhetoric of Oral Traditions in the ɔman of Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana
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| ID | 7553262 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Stefano Boni (0009-0009-7035-4932, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2000 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Fascículo | 4 |
| Páginas | 568-594 |
| Data de publicação | 2000-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Editora | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3366/afr.2000.70.4.568 |
| OpenAlex | W2066910668 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 3 |
| Referências citadas | 23 |
This article examines political oral traditions in the Sefwi (Akan) area of Ghana. Two types of narrative are studied: negotiations over the political status of stools within the kingdom and the claims to succession of matrilineal branches within stools. Narratives are analysed in relation to their claims to historicity, to the political conflicts in which they are generated and to their correspondence to legal criteria of attribution of ‘traditional’ political offices. It shows that pre‐colonial dynamic norms concerning stool status and succession turned into a fixed legal corpus in the twentieth century. Contenders’ histories have been used as evidence to judge ‘traditional’ stool disputes. Narrators have thus constructed narratives presenting ideal pasts considered worthy of legal attribution of ‘traditional’ political office. Narratives have consequently legalised narrators’ claims with reference to ancient history. The study of the context of the emergence of oral traditions—hostility between particular stool holders, national politics’ influence or conflicts over the sharing of stool revenue—shows that narratives and political conflicts have a history of their own which is carefully omitted from the narration
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| Obras citantes distintas | 3 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,16 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2007 - 2012 (6) |
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 3 |