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Ashanti and the Gold Coast

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Ashanti and the Gold Coast

Sir John Dalrymple Hay, Bt

Sir John Dalrymple Hay's 1874 account of Asante and the Gold Coast at the time of the Anglo-Asante war. A free digitised copy is available on the Internet Archive. Its focus also speaks to how leadership, ceremony and inherited authority shape cultural and political life.

Shelf mark
SHL-075
Year
1874
Language
English
Copies
1

Location
Reading Room

Akan CultureAsante HistoryChieftaincyGhanaGhanaian HistoryAsante People

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