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UNIVERSITY OF GHANA

INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES

RESEARCH REVIEW

VOL. 3 NO.1

MICHAELMAS TERM 1966

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RESEARCH  REVIEW

CONTENTS

INSTITUTE NEWS

Staff 

LONG ARTICLE

African Studies in  Germany,  Past and Present 

PROJECT REPORTS

The Ashanti Research Project 

Arabic  Manuscripts 

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INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH REPORTS

A Study in Urbanization  -  Progress report on
Obuasi Project 
A  Profile on Music and movement in the Volta  Region
Part  I 
Choreography and the African  Dance 

LIBRARY AND  MUSEUM REPORTS

Seminar Papers by M.A.  Students 
Draft  Papers 
Books donated to the Institute of African Studies, 
Pottery 

NOTES

A note on a Royal Genealogy 
A note on Ancestor Cult  in Ghana 
Birth rites of the Akans 
The Gomoa Otsew Trumpet Set. 

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THE  REVIEW

The regular  inflow  of  letters from readers requesting copies

of the Review,  since the  inception of  its publication  three years ago,

has been very encouraging  to us.  It  indicates that our  rapidly-

increasing  readers have found the  Review useful.

In a bid to make  it  even more useful to our readers,  we have

decided to delete  the  Institute's Schedule of Seminars and Lectures

and instead,  beginning with this issue,  include at  least one long

article  in each  issue in addition to the normal reports.  One such

article  in this issue which readers will  find interesting and  informative

is a paper on  "African  Studies in  Germany  Past and Present" read at

the  institute by  Professor Dr.  E.  Herberland,  Director of the  Institute

of Ethnology at  the University  of  Mainz,  West  Germany, 

in his paper

Dr.  Herberland gives a  comprehensive survey of the development of

African Studies in Germany  from its early beginnings to the present

day,  mentioning  in particular the four men -  Diedrich Westerman,

Car Meindof,  Leo Frobenius and Herman Baumann -  who have made

invaluable  contributions to African Studies in Germany.

Legon,
December,  1966.

K . N.  Bame.

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INSTITUTE  NEWS

Staff

New  Appointments

Dr.  R.H.K.  Darkwa  B.A.(Ghana)  Ph.D.(London)
Research  Fellow  in  Ethiopian  History.

Mrs.  Elsie Munn,  Tutor  in  Music and Drama

Miss Odette  Blum,  Instructor  in  Ddhcing

Study  Leave

Mr.  Kwame Arhin  B.A.  (London) B.Litt  (Oxon)  Research
Fellow  in  Social Anthropology  has left  for Britain on study
leave to do further degree course.

Mr.  J . J.  Holden  M.A.  (Oxon)  Research Fellow  in  19th
Century  Islamic  States in Western Sudan is on ohe year
leave of absence as from October,  1966.

Secondment

Mr.  N . O.  Addo  B.Sc,  M.Sc.  (London)  Research Fellow
in  Demography  has been seconded to a new Demographic
Unit  of the  Department of  Sociology.