UNIVERSITY OF GHANA INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES VOL Z, No.2 . LENT TERM. UNIVERSITY OF GHANA INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES RESEARCH REVIEW VOL. 2 N O. 2 LENT TERM 1966 ** RESEARCH REVIEW CONTENTS INSTITUTE NEWS Staff.. Seminar Programme PROJECT REPORTS Ashanti Research Project Arabic Manuscripts INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH REPORTS Salaga in 1874 Brong Traditions The Wider Background of the Salaga Civil War Sierra Leone Archaeology Comparative study of the Volta-Comoe languages *.» LIBRARY AND MUSEUM REPORTS Seminar Papers by M.A. Students. Museum Reports NOTES Dagomba Research East African Studies Work in Ghana A Note on the Arabic MS IASAR/298 and others from Wa Note on the education and early life of Al-Hajj cUmarTall New*from other Institutions., Notes on comparative African Wordlists 1 & 2 * * * ** p. 1 p. 2 p. 7 p, 8 p.23 p.27 p.31 p.39 p.41 p«48 p>50 p»56 p>57 p.60 p.63 p.68 P-72 p.75 INSTITUTE NEWS Staff Miss Mono Fikry B.Mus. (Calif) M.A. Boston) joined the Institute's Research and Teaching Staff as a Research Fellow in Musicology. Dr. Jack Goody from the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, who spent Michaelmas and Lent Terms in the Institute as a Visiting Professor, returned to Cambridge in April, 1966. 2. INSTITUTE NEWS LENT TERM 1966 SCHEDULE OF SEMINARS AND LECTURES MONDAY A.M. 8.15 - 10.15 - GHANA AND ITS NEIGHBOURS 1 0 . 3 0 - 1 2 . 30 - SOCIAL CHANGE IN MODERN AFRICA (Wilks, f . G. (Goody, Jock (Arhin, K. (da Graft-Johnson, (K.E. (Addo, N.O. P.M. 2 . 3 0 - 4 . 30 - ARABIC (Proficiency) I - Ibrahim, S.A. 2.30 - 4.30 - AKAN (Proficiency) I - Denreh, A.C. 3.30 - 4.30 SWAHILI (Proficiency) 1 - Owu, S.B. ******* * • * •! "1 INSTITUTE NEWS 3. TUESDAY A . M. 8.15 - 10.15 - •AFRICAN SOCIETIES AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS (An Introductory Stud/) (Arhin, K. - s (Mrs. C. Oppong (Quarcoo, A.K. 10.30 - 12.30 - 19TH CENTURY ISLAMIC STATES IN THE WESTERN SUDAN - Holder., J J. P.M. 2.30 2.30 - - 4.30 4.30 3.30 -' 4.30 - - - ARABIC (Proficiency) II - Ibrahim, S.A. AKAN (Proficiency) II - Denteh, A . C. SWAHILI (Proficiency) II - Owu, S • B. *This Seminar is recommended for all students who wish to study:- 1. Ghana and its neighbours 2. The Western Sudan 3. Eastern Africa 4. Political Evolution of West Africa 5. African National Movements a*. I: 4. INSTITUTE NEWS WEDNESDAY A.M. 8.15 - 10.15 AFRICAN NATIONAL MOVEMENTS AND THE ORGANISATION OF MODERN AFRICAN STATES - (Andoh, A.S.Y. (Twumosi, E. 10.30 - 12.30 10.30 - 12.30 - - THE IRON AGE IN GHANA - (Ozanne, P. INTRODUCTION TO THE - HISTORY OF ISLAM IN AFRICA (Kamali, S.A. P.M. 2.30 - 4.30 - HAUSA (Proficiency) 1 - Alhamid , H. 2.30 - 4.30 - ARABIC (Proficiency) 1 - Ibrahim, S.A 2.30 - 4.30 - AKAN (Proficiency) 1 - Denfeh, A.C 3.30 - 4.30 - SWAHILI (Proficiency) 1 - Owu,S, B. INSTITUTE NEWS 5. THURSDAY A . M. 8.15 - 10.15 10.30 - 12.30 - - AFRICAN LITERATURE - Senanu, K. POLITICAL EVOLUTION OF WEST AFRICA FROM 1800 - (Jones-Quartey, (K.A.B. (Hoiden, J.J. 10.30 - 12.30 - ARICAN LINGUISTICS - (Miss M.E. Kropp P.M. 2.30 - 4 .30 AKAN (Proficiency) II - Denteh, A . C. 2.30 - 4 .30 ARABIC (Proficiency) II - Ibrahim, S.A. 3.30 - 4 .30 SWAHILI (Proficiency) II - Owu, S.B. 0-Jt- • * *• F 6. FRIDAY A . M. INSTITUTE NEWS 8.15 - 10.15 - MUSIC IN AFRICAN CULTURE - (Nketla, J.H. (Mensah, A.A. 10.30 - 12.30 10.30 - 12.30 P.M. 2.30 . 4 . 30 4.00 - 5 . 30 - - - - AKAN LINGUISTICS - Stewart, J . M. ECONOMIC DEVELOP- MENT IN AFRICA - Mrs. Ann Seidman HAUSA (Proficiency) I - Alfyunid, H. *RESEARCH METHODS - Addo, N . O. •This will be attended by ALL First Year M.A. Students.