Ghana: Whether descendants of slaves currently have a subordinate status and perform certain rituals
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1991 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GHA8182 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ghana: Whether descendants of slaves currently have a subordinate status and perform certain rituals, 1 March 1991, GHA8182, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac864.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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As per our telephone conversation, please find attached some documents which report on the stratification of West African societies, the Akan people and traditional roles in Ghana. These include:
-from The New Encyclopaedia Britannica (Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., 15th Edition): Volume 1, p. 185 (see "Akan"); Volume 29, p. 811 (section on Western Africa, see under "stratification");
-from Area Handbook for Ghana (Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1971), p. 130 (contains a reference to the performance of rites by descendants of former slaves);
-"Return to the past", from West Africa, 2-8 July 1990, p. 2019.
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