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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.
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