MAKING OF AN AFRICAN KING

ISBN: 9780761870708 Géneros: Sinópsis: In this edition of The Making of an African King Patrilineal and Matrilineal Struggle Among the Ᾱwutu Effutu of Ghana Revised Updated every chapter is updated taking into account the 2015 Ghana Supreme Court ruling on the internecine kingship struggle among the Ᾱwutu Effutu of Simpa Winneba The patrilineal Otuano Royal Family sued the Acquah faction and proponents of matrilineal succession in 1976 seeking confirmation of their inalienable right as the sole kingmakers of Simpa and also for the court to place perpetual injunction on the Acquahs never to interfere in the royal affairs of Simpa During the intervening decades from 19762015 Simpa witnessed a spate of intermittent political violence especially the months leading to their annual Nyantɔr aboakyir Festival all aimed at preventing the king from propitiating the ancestors and deities of Simpa led by Pɛnkyae Otu With the Supreme Court ruling people now have the opportunity to read the judgment in its entirety and make up their own minds What is actually fascinating about the whole internecine royal struggle is that we have a situation whereby a matrilineal political system practiced by the Akan is displacing a longestablished patrilineal system of descent traditionally practiced by the Guan speaking people of Simpa Such an idea would be unheard of in the West but this is what is happening among the Ᾱwutu Effutu of Simpa Winneba socioculturally and politically Indeed it shows how unique and transformative the Akan ābusua a mother and her children system is all about