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Title: | The Structure of Titled Offices among the Abutia Ewe |
Author: | Verdon, Michel |
Year: | 1979 |
Periodical: | Africa: Journal of the International African Institute |
Volume: | 49 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 159-171 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Ghana Togo |
Subjects: | Ewe chieftaincy Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
External links: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/1158672 https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1979-049-00-000013 |
Abstract: | The Ewe 'traditional areas' lie in the southern half of the Volta Region (in Ghana) and in southern Togo. Most authors have treated the Ewe as if they were thoroughly homogeneous and could be analysed as one ethnic group or society. This study on the political organization, more specifically on the very essence and typology of 'chiefship' and the specific articulation of titles offices around the village chief, of the Ewe is seven areas, three of which were northern ones, shows that the northern areas are as distinct from the southern ones as they are from the Akan populations. Fig., ref., rés. en français. |