AshantiClarendon Press, 1923 - 348 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
abosom abusua Adae African Agya Akoko akuma Asase Asase Ya Ashanti weights Atakora Birempon blood Boafo Bonsu Bosomtwe called camest celts cephalic index ceremony chief clan connexion Coomassie Damirifa daughter drum language drummer F M-M F-F F-F father's fee simple Firampon firi fowl gada gada gede gods gold dust Golden Stool hand head heirs hene Kese King of Ashanti Kokofu Kora kuduo Kyerema lake land later long celts M-F F M-FF M-FM M-M M-M M-MF M-MM male Mampon Kontonkyi mother's brother's mother's sister's Nana nkwaso ntoro ntumpane Nyame nyina Obuasi Odomankoma omanhene Osai Tutu palm wine panyin phonograph cylinder priest priestess proverb Queen Mother seen shrine spirit stool-carriers suru talking drums Tano Tano river Tekiman to-day tones tramma tree village woman women word Ye re kyere
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Página 87 - The stream crosses the path, The path crosses the stream ; Which of them is the elder ? Did we not cut a path to go and meet this stream ? The stream had its origin long, long, ago, It had its origin in the Creator.
Página 153 - ... but also the king or chief. When a man has spoken freely thus, he will feel his sunsum cool and quieted, and the sunsum of the other person against whom he has now openly spoken will be quieted also. The King of Ashanti may have killed your children, and you hate him. This has made him ill, and you ill, too; when you are allowed to say before his face what you think, you both benefit. That was why the King of Ashanti in ancient times, when he fell sick, would send for the Queen of Nkoran2a to...
Página 77 - In the West African kingdom of Ashanti, for example, it is believed that only women can contribute to future generations. Ashanti women say: I am the mother of the man. ... I alone can transmit the blood to a king. ... If my sex die in the clan then that very clan becomes extinct, for be there one, or one thousand male members left, not one can transmit the blood, and the life of the clan becomes measured on this earth by the span of a man's life (Rattray, 1923, p.
Página 11 - The stream crosses the path, which of them is the elder? "Did we not cut a path to go and meet the stream? The stream had its origin long, long ago. The stream had its origin in the Creator. He created all things!
Página 147 - Then the priest of some powerful god may be consulted and he may discover, through his god, that it is some spirit which has come upon the man (or woman). The one upon whom the spirit has come is now bidden to prepare a brass pan, and collect water, leaves, and ' medicine
Página 147 - ... short intervals for rest, to the accompaniment of drums and singing. Quite suddenly he will leap into the air and catch something in both his hands (or he may plunge into the river and emerge holding something he has brought up). He will in either case hold this thing to his breast, and water will be at once sprinkled upon it to cool it, when it will be thrust into the brass pan and quickly covered up. The following ingredients are now prepared : clay from one of the more sacred rivers, like...
Página 150 - We in Ashanti dare not worship the Sky God alone, or the Earth Goddess alone, or any one spirit. We have to protect ourselves against, and use when we can, the spirits of all things in the Sky and upon Earth. You go to the forest, see some wild animal, fire at it, kill it, and find you have killed a man. You dismiss your servant, but later find you miss him. You take your cutlass to hack at what you think is a branch, and find you have cut your own arm. There are people who can transform themselves...
Página 147 - ... medicine' of specific kinds. The possessed one will dance, for sometimes two days, with short intervals for rest, to the accompaniment of drums and singing. Quite suddenly he will leap into the air and catch something in both his hands (or he may plunge into the river and emerge holding something he has brought up). He will in either case...
Página 292 - What must I do to the man, whoever he is, who has failed to give to the Queen, who is the paramount power in this country, the stool to which she is entitled? Where is the Golden Stool? Why am I not sitting on the Golden Stool at this moment? I am the representative of the paramount power; why have you relegated me to this chair? Why did you not take the opportunity of my coming to Kumasi to bring the Golden Stool, and give it to me to sit upon?
Página 5 - That this Conference approves the findings and views of the Joint Committee, and is of opinion that, in the highest interests of the Empire, it is necessary so to extend and complete the organisation of the teaching of Anthropology at the Universities of Great Britain, that those who are about to spend their lives in the East, or In parts of the Empire inhabited by nonEuropean races, shall at the outset of their careers possess, or have the opportunity of acquiring, a sound and accurate knowledge...