Captivity in the Abron kingdom of the Gyahan
As in many other states of pre-colonial West Africa, the population of the Abron kingdom of the Gyaman included a number of captives. Where did they come from? What was their status? What chance did they have of escaping from their condition? What was their role in the economic and social system of the Abron? How, in the light of the data collected, can the system be described? These are the questions to which this article attempts to reply. Before beginning this study, we must briefly recall the situation of the Abron kingdom in space and time. The territory it occupies is in the, north-east of present day Ivory Coast and the north-west of present day Ghana, between the Comce and the Black Volta, at the boundary between the savanna and the forest.
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| Language: | eng |
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1978-03
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