UNIVERSITY OF GHANA INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES VOL2 NO I p •rt UNIVERSITY OF GHANA INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES RESEARCH REVIEW V O L . 2. N O . 1. MICHAELMAS TERM 1965 RESEARCH REVIEW CONTENTS INSTITUTE NEWS: Staff Visiting Professors Seminar Programme PROJECT REPORTS: Ashanti Research Project Arabic Manuscripts INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH REPORTS: Linguistic Research Madina Study The Fostering of Children by Kin in Northern and Southern Ghana Musicianship in North-Western Ghana Archaeology LIBRARY AND MUSEUM REPORTS: Seminar Papers by M.A. Students Museum Reports A Shai Tradition in Ritual Pottery NOTES: A Note on Cowries A Note on Press Archives On the Hwesoni, (Caretaker) Category of Land holding in Ahafo land Tenure Salaga 1875-1900 Arabic Materials for Ghanaian History. P. i p. 2 p. 4 p. 9 p. 17 p.32 p.34 p.40 p.42 p.46 p.58 p.60 p.64 p.37 P,48 p.68 p.72 p.74 >.«• r ft INSTITUTE NEWS 1. STAFF Professor J.H.Nketia has succeeded Mr. T.L.Hodgkin who resigned as Director of the Institute on 30th September, 1965. Resignations The following members of the Institute's staff resigned at the end of the 1964/65 academic year:- W.A.A.Wilson, Research Fellow in Dagbani. Mrs. M.E.Humphreys, Senior Research Fellow in Indigenous African Economies. R.H.Murray, Research Fellow in the study of Modem African States. Mrs. J. Lunetta, Tutor in Dance. New Appointments The following new appointments have been made to the Institute's Research and Teaching staff:- N . O. Addo B.Sc, M.Sc. (London) Research Fellow in Demography. A.K.Quarcoo B.A., M.A. (Legon) Research Fellow in Social Anthropology. Mrs. C. Oppong B.A. (Cantat) M.A.(Legon) Research Fellow (nee C.Slater) in Social Anthropology. ••? "* :.&•<$. 9 ^H . ¥ •' 2. INSTITUTE NEWS New Appointments continued S. Kinney (Miss) B.A., M.A. (Wayne State) Research Fellow in Musicology. E.O. Ayisi B . S c, Ph.D. (London) Research Fellow in Sociology. J . J. Holden M.A. (Oxon) Research Fellow in 19th Century Islamic States in Western Sudan. N. Bame B.A. (London) B. Ed. (Toronto) Assistant Secretary.' Study Leave Professor Ivor G. Wilks, Research Professor in African History, spent the Michaelmas Term (October - December) as a visiting Professor in the University of Indiana, Bloomington, U.S.A. Dr. G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville, Senior Research Fellow in East African History spent the term in Columbia University, New York, U.S.A. Visiting Professors The following Visiting Scholars participated in the Research and Teaching Programmes of the Institute during the Term: Dr. Jack Goody from the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge. INSTITUTE NEWS Visiting Professors continued Mr. T.L.Hodgkin, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford (formerly Director of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana). Miss Deborah Bertonoff, Artist, Choreographer and dance teacher from Israel. ** - r Let -^ A i?? 4. INSTITUTE NEWS MICHAELMAS TERM 1965 SCHEDULE OF SEMINARS AND LECTURES MONDAY A . M. 8.15-10.15 - GHANA AND ITS NEIGHBOURS - 10.30-11.30 - DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS 10.30 - 12.30 - SOCIAL CHANGE IN MODERN AFRICA (Jock Good/ ( Kwome Arhin (J.M.Stewart (MiuM.E.Kropp (K.E.de Graft (Johnson & (N.O. Addo P.M. 2.30 -4.30 - 2.30 -4.30 - ARABIC I AKAN (TWI-FANTE I) 3.30-4.30 - SWAHILI - S.A. Ibrahim - {J.M.Stewart (A.C.Denreh - S.B. Owoo -tei «-**! .c- 9> '9 t JSfjt. INSTITUTE NEWS TUESDAY A . M. 8.15- 10.15 - AFRICAN SOCIETIES AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS* (An Introductory Study) 10.30 -11.30 - DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS 5. - - (Kwame Arhin (Mrs. C.Oppong (A.K. Quarcoo (J.M.Stewart (Miss M.E.Kropp 10.30 - 12.30 - 19th CENTURY ISLAMIC STATES IN THE WESTERN SUDAN J.J.Holden P.M. 2.30- 4.30 2.30- 4.30 3 . 3 0- 4.30 - - - ARABIC II AKAN (TWI-FANTE) II SWAHILI II S.A. Ibrahim (J.M.Stewart (A.C.Denteh S.B. Owoo * This Seminar is recommended for all students who wish to study:- Ghana and its neighbours The Western Sudan Eastern Africa Political Evolution of West Africa African National Movements 1 • 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. WEDNESDAY A.M. 8.15- 10.15 AFRICAN NATIONAL MOVEMENTS AND THE ORGANISATION OF MODERN AFRICAN STATES 10.30 - 11.30 - DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS 10.30 - 12.30 - INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF ISLAM IN AFRICA P.M. 2.30 - 4.30 HAUSA I 2.30-4.30 ARABIC I 2.30 - 4.30 AKAN I 3.30-4.30 SWAHILI INSTITUTE NEWS r "I - - (Hodgkin, T.L. (A.S.Y.Andoh (E.Twumasi (J.M.Stewart (MissM.E.Kropp - B.G.Martin - Haruna Alhamid - S.A. Ibrahim - (J.M.Stewart (A.C.Denteh - S.B. Owoo < - < •• INSTITUTE NEWS 7. THURSDAY A.M. 8.15 -10.15 - AFRICAN LITERATURE 10.30-11.30 - DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS - 10.30-12.30 - POLITICAL EVOLUTION OF WEST AFRICA FROM 1800 P.M. 2.30-4.30 AKAN II 2.30 - 4.30 ARABIC II 3.30-4.30 SWAHILI II (J.H. Nketia (E. Adali-Mortty (Mrs. E.Sutherland (J.M.Stewart (Miss E.E.Kropp (K.A.B. Jones- (Quartey ( J . J. Holden ( J . M. Stewart (A.C.Denteh S.A. Ibrahim S.B. Owoo !*- *? i-X 8. FRIDAY A.M. 8.I5-I0.I5 8.I5-I0.I5 10.30 -II.30 10.30-12.30 - - - - P.M. 2.30-4.30 INSTITUTE NEWS AFRICAN HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS (J.M. Stewart (Miss M.E.Kropp MUSIC IN AFRICAN CULTURE DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS- (J.H.Nketia (A.A.Mensah (J.M.Stewart (Miss M.E.Kropp ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA Mrs. Ann Seidman HAUSA Haruna Alhamid