Chiefs, priests, and praise-singers history, politics, and land ownership in northern Ghana - MacGaffey, Wyatt; ebrary, Inc. (Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013)
Colonial anthropology and historical reconstruction -- Drum chant and the political uses of tradition -- Tindanas and chiefs : ethnography -- Chiefs and tindanas : making nam -- Tamale : the Dakpema, the Gulkpe'Na, the Bugulana, and the law of the land -- Chiefs in the national arena.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Dagbani (African people) -- History; Dagbani (African people) -- Politics and government; Dagbani (African people) -- Land tenure; Chiefdoms -- Ghana -- Northern Region; Local government -- Ghana -- Northern Region; Land tenure -- Ghana -- Northern Region; Dagomba (Ghana) -- Historiography; Dagomba (Ghana) -- Politics and government; Electronic books