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Index Note: In accordance with Dagbani usage, Bugulanas, Dakpemas, Gulkpe’Nas, and Ya Nas are listed under Bugulana, Dakpema, Gulkpe’Na, and Na respectively, followed by their personal names. The offices of Bugulana, Dakpema, Gulkpe’Na, and Ya Na are listed separately. Other chiefs’ titles are followed by Na or Lana. If the place to which a chief’s title relates is a topic in itself, the two are listed separately—e.g., Bagale, Bagale Na. Italicized page numbers refer to maps and figures. Abdulai Salifu, 38, 106 Abotchie, C., 165 Abubakari Lunna, 37, 40–41 Abudu-Andani rivalry, 83, 110, 149, 152, 158; origins of, 36, 40, 44, 50–68; and political parties, 63, 164. See also Ollenu Committee Abudus, 53–54. See Abudu-Andani rivalry acephalous societies. See statelessness; states, theory of Acheampong, General, 64, 149, 152, 167 Adam, Ebenezer, 143 Administration of Lands Act, 147 Africa, Central, 70, 109, 125 agency, political, 3, 5, 177 agrarian reform, 167–70 Akan model of chieftaincy, 33, 159, 160, 161 Allman, Jean, and John Parker, 5 alternating succession to Yendi, 53, 57, 61, 62, 64, 157 Amanor, K. S., 144 amulets, 44, 51, 95, 107, 111, 133, 167, 183–84 Anamzoya, K. S., 61 ancestors, 45, 71, 80, 81, 183, 186 Andanis, 53–54, 149, 164. See also Abudu-Andani rivalry animals, “totemic,” 102–3 anklets, iron, 90 anthropology, 2–5, 15, 26, 36, 72 Appiah, Kwame A., 4 Arhin Brempong, Kwame, 58, 164, 168 Aryeetey, Edward, 167 Asante (Ashanti), 3, 12, 23, 51–52, 54, 81, 125, 167 Asantehene and Eminent Kings, 66–68 Ashetu Dagomba, 147 Atabia, Na, 22, 51, 178 avoidance, rule of, 76, 90, 92, 104, 115, 140 Bagale, 1, 31, 73, 104, 116, 122 Bagale Na (tindana), 94, 104 Balo Na, 122 Bamana, 77 Bamvim Lana, 56, 92, 134 Bandamba rhythm, 116 Bangumanga rhythm, 44, 66 Baŋsi, 39, 44 Bassar, 13, 46 Bawkunaba, 162 Bazin, Jean, 77–78, 118 222 INDEx Bennett, I. W., 61 Benzing, Birgitta, 38, 119, 121 Bimbiegu, 82, 111 Bimbiem, 114, 128 Bimbilla Na (Nanun), 116, 120, 163 Biyuu, 54, 116, 129 Bizung, 39–40 Blair, H. A., 19, 27, 29–30, 41, 52, 85, 138, 145, 179 Bolgatanga, 76, 131 boli, 77, 129 Bolin Lana, 65 Boni, Stefano, 38, 169 Bouna, 31 Bowdich, T. E., 8 Braudel, Fernand, 8 Brown, Peter, 77 Brukum, N. J. K., 65 Buganda, 130 bugulana, 73, 184 Bugulana Azimdow, 151, 156 Bugulana of Tamale, 86, 98, 153–56 buguli, 73, 77, 184 Bugum, 65 burial: of Na Mahamadu, 65–66; of Na Yakubu Andani, 66; practices, 100–101 Burkina Faso, 32, 78, 83 Bwaba, 183 Candler, A. H., 29, 101 Cardinall, A.W., 58, 80, 124, 131, 161 Changli, 134, 136, 155, 156 Chernoff, J. M., 114 chiefs, modern: divisional, 30, 76, 124, 138, 173–74; National House of, 33, 163; paramount, 168, 173 chiefs, traditional, 46–47, 94–96, 124, 168–71; enskinment of, 109–18; and land, 145–46 chieftaincy: in Dagbon, 82, 124, 151, 160; in Ghana, 2, 33, 133, 144, 159, 162–64, 168, 179 chief/tindana couple, 32–33, 72, 119–20, 131–32 Choggo bugulana, 93, 103 Choggo Na, 93, 134, 136, 161 class, social, and chiefs, 167, 174 commoners, 20, 22, 94, 96, 125, 131 Constitution: of Dagbon, 27, 29–30, 38, 63, 76, 161; of Ghana, 33, 147, 150, 152, 165 Convention Peoples Party (CPP), 62, 63, 148, 162, 180 Coquet, Michèle, 183 courts of chiefs and tindanas, 98–100 culture: and festivals, 159, 164; regional, 9, 11, 69, 179; and social structure, 4 Customary Land Secretariats (CLS), 170, 174 Daboya, 13, 21, 43, 50 Dagara, 133, 159, 178 Dagbamba kingdoms, 18, 20, 21, 119, 121, 132 Dagbamba people, 1, 9, 35, 36, 47, 57 Dagbani language, xi, 19–20 Dagbon (Dagomba): history of, 1, 11–12, 17–18, 50–51, 125; kingdoms of, 31, 35, 57–59, 158; as mosaic, 12, 75, 131; towns and shrines in central, 74 Dagomba Traditional Council. See State Council of Dagbon Dakpema Alhassan Dawuni, 153–54 Dakpema Alhassan Nyuwogu, 141 Dakpema Azim, 135, 155 Dakpema Busagri, 29 Dakpema Lagmbu, 139–40, 150 Dakpema Nsungna, 135–38, 139, 151, 155–56 Dakpema of Tamale, 135, 139–41, 143, 151 Dakpema Richard Alhassan, 101, 101, 149, 151–53 Damba, 41, 48, 164 Davis, David C., 11, 39, 122 de Heusch, Luc, 109 Depale, 85, 97 Der, Benedict, 16 descent: patrilineal and matrilineal, 5, 15, 26, 84, 158; and sacrifice, 81...

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