AS INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN SALS STATE UfllVESSIT.' RESEARCH REVIEW VOL 6 No. I MICHAJELMAS TERM 1969 UNIVERSITY OF GHANA RESEARCH REVIEW EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Professor J.H. Nketia Rev. Dr. G. Ansre Mr. K.N. Bame Mrs. C. Oppong Mr. K.A. Opoku (Editor) Published thrice yearly by the Institute of African Studies. Communications about subscriptions should be sent to the Publications Officer, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon. RESEARCH REVIEW CONTENTS ARTICLES Page Religious and Secular Messianism In Africa ... ... ... ... Max Assiraeng Towards the Modern History of Ethio- pia I the so-called "Civilizing Mission" ... ... . .. A Preliminary Account of the Role and Recruitment of Drummers in Dagbon ... ... ... R. Greenfield 20 Cv Oppong RESEARCH REPORTS New Orthographies for Ga and Dangme,, E.O. Apronti 52 Pre-Survey Report - Institute of Linguistics ... ... J.C. Callow Kingdom- A Religious Community ... K.A. Opoku 66