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Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:Christianity, Modernity and the Weight of Tradition in the Life of Asantehene Agyeman
Author:Akyeampong, EmmanuelISNI
Year:1999
Periodical:Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Volume:69
Issue:2
Pages:279-311
Language:English
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:Ashanti polity
biographies (form)
History and Exploration
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Religion and Witchcraft
colonialism
About person:Nana Agyeman Prempeh I (1872-1931)ISNI
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/1161026
Abstract:Much of what has been written on Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I (1888-1931) focuses on his career as the king of Asante (Ghana) in the context of British colonization in 1896 and the subsequent exile of the royal family to Elmina, Sierra Leone, and then to the Seychelles Islands. The king was allowed to return to Asante only in 1924. This article sheds some light on Prempeh's personal life, examining his interaction with Asante history and tradition, his life as a Christian, and his engagement with 'modernity'. It shows that Prempeh made the category of the educated, Christian Asante a legitimate social entity, and that he initiated a confrontation with Western influences that continues in contemporary Asante. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French.
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