Subject(s): nafaanra language / Date: 1925 / Language: nafaanra / Location(s): brong-ahafo region - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

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Description:: Brief notes on the "Mfantra" people living along the road between Menji and Sampa in the British Gold Coast Colony's Wenchi District. Prepared by the District Commissioner ("WP") stationed in Wenchi and submitted to the Commissioner, Western Province Ashanti in Sunyani, the report describes the relationship of these Mfantra (Nafana) people to "Ashanti" (Asante) and "Jaman" (Gyaman). Brief descriptions of origin stories, population, housing, livelihoods and marriages customs are accompanied by three pages of word lists. To cite: "The Mfantra," District Commisioner's Report, 9 November, 1925. Kumasi National Archives, Kumasi, Ghana, 2000/91/23 (WP 91/73). 9 pages.
Rights:: Copyright Undetermined
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 1925-12-13
Location(s) Facet:: Brong-Ahafo Region
Subjects Facet:: Brong-Ahafo Region; Nafaanra language; Nafana (African people)
Identifier:: WP 91/73; 2000/91/23
Creator:: District Commissioner, Wenchi
Contributors:: Dr. N. Leith Smith
Language:: English; Nafaanra
Date searchable:: 1925
Date searchable:: 1925-12-13
Genre:: Text
Genre Facet:: Text
Source:: Ghana National Archives, Kumasi, Ghana
Language Facet:: English; Nafaanra
Location(s):: Brong-Ahafo Region
Date Digitized:: 2019-12-13
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