UNIVERSITY OF GHANA UTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES VOL 1 Mot TRtHITY TEKff UNIVERSITY OF GHANA INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES RESEARCH REVIEW VOL.1 N O. 2 TRINITY TERM 1965 RESEARCH REVIEW '* CONTENTS The Research Review INSTITUTE NEWS; M.A. PROGRAMME Staff Visiting Professors Seminar Programme Theses submitted: Diploma in African Music Presents of Books * PROJECT REPORTS Research for development in the Arts The Ashanti Research Project Volta Basin Research Research in Northern Ghanaian Languages INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH REPORTS Work in progress Contact with French Anthropologists The Anglo-Gambian Stone Circle Expedition Excavations at Bui Two Terms in the Institute LIBRARY REPORTS Seminar papers by M.A. Students Draft papers NOTES Notes on Ashanti Heraldry East African Studies Research on Yams p. II p. 1 p. 1 p. 2 p. 5 p. 6 p. 8 p. 13 p* 19 p. 24 p. 31 p. 33. p. 37 p. 41 p. 44 p. 46 p. 48 p. 49 p. 53 p • 54 Advertisements • p • 55 ii. "THE REVIEW" This second issue of the Review is an advance on the first in many respects. Beside the normal contents there is an able summary on page eight of the aims, progress and the accomplishments of the School of Music and Drama to date. We continue reports on materials accumulated in the Ashanti, Volta Basin and Language Research Projects. Our additions in this fields include the first series (1 - 20) of the Institute's collection of Ashanti Court Records and a list of Oral Traditions, collected so far, of some of the villages in the Volta Basin which appears as an adjunct to Mr. Davies1 Archaeological account on page 19. We note also that our perspectives have been broadened by the inclusion of Mr. Ozanne's Report on the Anglo Gambian Stone Circle Expedition. We record our pleasure at the incipient attraction of the Review for other departments. Readers will note the report on page 54 by Mr. S . N. York of the Archaeology department on his Excavation at Bui In northwestern Ashanti, and, a note on research on yams on page 55 by Professor D J. Coursey of the Department of Biochemistry. We reiterate the request made in the first issue for comments, criticisms, and suggestions. Legon. August, 1965. INSTITUTE NEWS 1. S T A FF Mrs. M.E. Humphreys (Polly Hill) returned to the Institute In April from Cambridge where she spent the Michaelmas and Lent Terms (Oct. 1964 - March, 1965). Professor Ivor Wilks was away in Cambridge during the Trinity Term (April - June). Mr. A . S . Y. Andoh visited Centres and programmes of African Studies in the United States during the Trinity Term, at the invitation of the African-American Universities Programme (AAUP). The Centres he visited included: Columbia (New York), Boston, Chicago, Northwestern, Bloomington (Indiana and Los Angeles, (UCLA). Mr. Ephraim Amu, Senior Research Associate, in the Institute was awarded an honorary D.Mus. degree by the University of Ghana at a Congregation held on 27th March 1965. THE FOLLOWING VISITING PROFESSORS SPENT THE TRINITY TERM (APRIL - JULY) IN THE INSTITUTE Dr. Jack Goody from the Department of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University. Dr. Martin Kilson from the Centre for International Studies, Harvard University. Dr. St. Clair Drake from Roosevelt University, Chicago. Dr. Immanuel Wallerstein from Columbia University, New York. * * * * * * * ** INSTITUTE NEWS TRINITY TERM 1965 SCHEDULE OF SEMINARS AND LECTURES (26th April - 28th May 1965) MONDAY A.M. 8.15- IO. .15 INDIGENOUS WEST AFRICAN - M.E.Humphreys ( IO.3O - I2.3O - AFRICAN NATIONAL MOVE- MENTS - Martin Kllson Roger Murray P.M. 2.3O - •3. 3O S W A H 1 L 1 - G.S.P.Freeman- Grenvllle 4.OO -6 .OO - HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO PAN-AFRICANISM - St. Clalr-Drake K.A.B. Jones-Quartey INSTITUTE NEWS 3. T U E S D AY A.M. 8.15-IO.15 P.M. 2.3O - 4 . OO HISTORY OF EASTERN AFRICA - G.S.P. Freeman- Grenvllle A R A B IC (1st Year) - S.A.Ibrahim 2.3O - 4 . OO GA-ADANGME - M.E.Kropp(Mlss) 2.3O - 4 . OO TWI-FANTE (For Non- Language Spec la Ish) - J.M.Stewart A.C.Denteh 4.OO-6.OO H A US A - Haruna Alhamid 4.OO -6.OO FEUD & WAR IN WEST AFRICA - Jack Goody W E D N E S D AY A . M. 8.15-ICL15 PROBLEMS OF URBANIS- ATION IN GHANA St.Clar Drake Marion Kilson I O . 3 O- 12.3O - INDIGENOUS WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIES - M.E.Humphreys (Mrs.) P.M. 2.3O - 3 . 3O - S W AH I LI - G.S.P. Freeman- Grenville 2.3O -4.OO - E WE (Language.Class) - F.S.Konu 4.OO -6.OO - A R A B IC (2nd Year) - S.A. Ibrahim INSTITUTE NEWS A 4. T H U R S D AY A.M. 8.I5-IO.OO - AFRICAN LINGUISTICS IO.3O - 12.3O - WEST AFRICAN SOCIAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS - J.M.Stewart W.A.A. Wilson - Jack Goody - Kwame Arhin P.M. 2.3O-4.OO A R A B IC (1st Year) - S.A.Ibrahim 2.3O-4.OO GA-ADANGME - M.E.Kropp(Miss) 2.3O-4.OO - TWI-FANTE (For N o n- Language Specialists - J.M.Stewart A.C.Denteh 4.OO-6.OO 4.OO-6.OO 4.OO-6.OO - - - H A US A - Haruna AS ham id MUSIC IN AFRICAN CULTURE - . J.H.NIcetia SYMPOSIUM ON AFRICAN UNITY I.Wallerstein - - R. Murray F R I D AY A.M. 8.15- IO.I5 AFRICAN LITERATURE - J.H.Nketia G.Adali-Mortty Effua Sutherland Neville Dawes 8.15-9.15 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN WEST AFRICA A.Seidman (Mrs.) M.E.Humphreys (Mrs.) INSTITUTE NEWS Friday (Cont'd) P.M. 5. 2.30 - 4.00 - A R A B IC (2nd Year) 2 . 3 0 - 4 . 00 - E WE (Language Class) S.A. Ibrahim F.S. Konu S A T U R D AY A . M. 8 . 3 0- 10.00 - TWI - FANTI A . C. Denteh THESES SUBMITTED IN PART FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIRE- MENTS OF THE DIPLOMA IN AFRICAN MUSIC Name Anning, B.A. Atakora, T.A. Nayo, N . Z. Amissah, Michael Asia ma, S.D. Poku, D.Y. Titi-Lartey Postgraduate MAY 1964 Title of Thesis Adenkum: a study of the Music of Akan Female Bands. Mmoguo, Song Interludes in Akan Folk Tales. Akpalu and His Songs. MAY 1965 The Music of Ahanta Kundum Music & Dancing in a Ghanaian Community (re-submitted) Bragoro, The Music of Akan (Ashanti) Puberty rite. Kurunku: A study of the Music of Fante Kurunku. INSTITUTE NEWS 6. The Institute has received a present of books from the Moroccan Government through His Excellency the Moroccan Ambassador In Ghana. The books included: ADOLF Faure At-Tashawwuf ila Rfjal At-Tasawwuf. (Life"o7 Saints of Southern Morocco In the lith, 12th & 13th centuifes). Vol .12 on Abu Ya'qub Yahya At- Tidili (I229/I23O). Rabat, 1958. Ibn Muhammad and AFIFI/ Sadlq Muhammad Al-Adab Al-Maghribt. (Maghrib culture) Beirut/T96O. G A N U N, Abdallah MUQLID, Muhammad Usuf LANDAU, Rom An-Nubugh Fi-I-Adab Al-Arabt. (Maghribrcharacteristics in Arab Literature). Beirut, 1961. Falasafa Al-lslam Fi-I-Maghrib Al-Araol. (Islamic philosophy in Arab North Africa). Tatwan, 1961. Shu'ara' Muritania, Al-Qudama' Wa-I-Hudathuna. Ancient and Modern). Beirut, 1962. (poets of Mauretania- Ta'Rikh_ AI-AAaghrib. (An authorised Arabic translation of "Moroccan Drama" (in the 2Oth century). Beirut, New York, 1963, , Alal An-Naqd Adh-Dhati. (Self analysis- A psychologTcaTTtudy)..Tatwan 1963. AL-HABABI, Muhammad Azfzf AL-NASART, Abu WalTd Min Al-Ka'in ila Ash-Shakhs. (From existence to real~being - A philosophical treatise). Cairo, 1962, Rawda An-Nasrin Fi Dawla Bani Mara in ( A Historical Account of North Africa).. Rabat, 1962. INSTITUTE NEWS MEKNASSI, Ahmad ABADf, Ahmad Mahnar AFIFI, Muhammad ASHFORD, Douglas E. 7. Ahamm Masadir At-Ta'rtkh Wa-Tarjama Fi-I-Maghrib . (Sources"8» Bibliography for the history of Morocco (16th- 1st Haij of the 2Oth century ). 1963. Ta'rikh Al Maghrib Al-Arabt Ff-l-'Asri Al-Wasit. (History of Arab North Africa in the middle ages. Morocco, 1964. Al-Harakat Al-lstiqlal Fi-I-Maghrib Al-Arabt. (Independence Movements in Arab North Africa. Cairo, 1948. At-Tatawwurat Sa-Siyasfya Fi-I-Mamlaka AkMaghribiya. (Political Changes in the kingdom of Morocco. Princeton & Beirut, 1963.