This fascinating book recounts a pivotal event in West African history that provides important insights into law and politics in the colonial Gold Coast, and the clash between traditional and modern values, and the nature of African monarchy in the colonial period. This book tells the story of ritual murder in a kingdom of Ghana, of the trials and appeals of those accused of the crime, and of the radicalization of the black lawyers who confronted the colonial justice system and later began a struggle for self-government ...
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This fascinating book recounts a pivotal event in West African history that provides important insights into law and politics in the colonial Gold Coast, and the clash between traditional and modern values, and the nature of African monarchy in the colonial period. This book tells the story of ritual murder in a kingdom of Ghana, of the trials and appeals of those accused of the crime, and of the radicalization of the black lawyers who confronted the colonial justice system and later began a struggle for self-government that led to Ghanian independence from Britain in 1957.
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Tall 8vo, 14+209 pages, index, bibliography, notes, plates, maps: a detailed study of the murder of Akyea Mensah, the Odikro of Apedwa in 1943 and of the implications of this for the Okyenhene of Akyem Abuakwa, Gold Coast politics in general and the fight for Independence; hardback vg+ vg+ dw SIGNED PRESENTATION copy by the author to Sir Michael McWilliam with a comprehensive 2 page handwritten letter from the author to him with much about the writing of the book & his time in Ghana UNIQUE & REVEALING.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.