Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of maps and plates vi
4. Preface vii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The North-West in the Nineteenth Century 14
7. 2. The Introduction of Chieftaincy 33
8. 3. The Discursive Creation of Ethnicity 72
9. 4. The Lawra Confederacy Native Authority 104
10. 5. Labour Migration, Home-ties and Ethnicity 138
11. 6. 'Light over the Volta': the Mission of the White Fathers 153
12. 7. Decolonisation and Local Government Reform 175
13. 8. 'The Time When Politics Came': Party Politics and Local Conflict 199
14. 9. Ethnic Movements and Special-interest Politics 228
15. 10. The Cultural Work of Ethnicity 252
16. Epilogue 275
17. Notes 280
18. Abbreviations 322
19. Glossary 323
20. Divisional (Paramount) Chiefs of Lawra District 324
21. References 325
22. Index 337