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The Making of an African King: Patrilineal and Matrilineal Struggle Among the Effutu of Ghana 2nd Edition
Author(s): Anthony Ephirim-Donkor (Author)
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication Date: 4 Aug. 2009
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 238 pages
- ISBN-10: 0761847782
- ISBN-13: 9780761847786
Book Description
This book is a study examining the causes of the kingship internecine struggle among the Effutu by exploring the two traditional systems of succession, the patrilineal and the matrilineal among the Effutu (Awutu-abe), and how best to end political violence.
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Review
An interesting thesis.
About the Author
Anthony Ephirim-Donkor is associate professor of religion and Africana studies and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He is also the traditional king of Gomoa Mprumem, Ghana.
