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INSTITUTE OF
AFRICAN  STUDIES

RESEARCH
REVIEW

Vol.  12  No.  1
Michaelmas  Term,  I 9 60

UNIVERSITY  OF  GHANA

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Editorial  Note 

The  P o l i t i c al  Economy  of  the  Abron  Kingdom  of
Gyaman  by  Emmanuel  Terray  •• 

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The  Two Asantes:  Competing  Interpretations  of
"Slavery"  in  Akan~Asante  Culture  and  society  by
A.  Norman  Klein  .. 

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Spatial  Interaction  of  Markets  in  the  Shai  Area
by  Elizabeth  A.  Ardayfio 

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"Some  Reflections  on  Restudying  the  Nchumuru  of
Krachi  District"  by  D.  Paul  Lttmsden 

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Book  Review:  Kofi  Asare  Opoku,  jjegt_ Afr^Cim  .Tradirj

tional  Religion  ~ George  P«  Hagan 

I n s t i t u te  News 

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EDITORIAL NOTE

Following a recent fresh look at the Research Review by

its Editorial Board, this issue of the Review concerns itself

with social studies subjects.  At our request, Emmanuel Terray,

University of Paris, examines the political economy of the

Gyaman (Abron) Kingdom which, before the colonial period, con~

stited of territories situated in both the Gold and Ivory Coasts

but was divided in I889 between the two colonies.  With the

growing influence of the Marxist-oriented French anthropologists,

the subject of the political economies of the historic West

African Kingdoms is likely to become one of increasing interest.

We also publish an examination by Norman Klein (Concordia

University) of Ivor Wilks1 view of social stratification in nine"
teenth century Asante.  Klein's attempt to reconcile Wilks'

historical and Rattray's and Fortes' anthropological approaches*

to the study of Asante is refreshing and likely to provide an

example of linkages between the anthropological and historical

approaches in African Studies.

Finally, Elizabeth Ardayfio (University of Ghana) examines the

potentials of rural markets for economic development in the rural

areas.

Kwame Arhin.