Patriarchy, Spirituality, and Power: An Examination of Gender Division in Asante History in the Former Gold Coast during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Era

The reorganization of Akan society in the early 1300’s-1400, the subsequent formation of Asante in 1701, and the introduction of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the former Gold Coast created new social, economic, and political conditions which initiated a change in the status, mobility, and role o...

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Main Author: Cleveland, Emma Kathryn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: African and Asian studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 210-225
Further subjects:B Patriarchy
B Spirituality
B matrilineage
B Slave trade
B Warfare
B Asante (now Ashanti)
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