Where is My Name? – Contemporary Funeral Posters as an Arena of Contestation and (Re)negotiation of Chiefly Relations Among the Ewe of Ghana and Togo

dc.contributor.author	Adotey, E.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-07-04T15:13:50Z
dc.date.available	2019-07-04T15:13:50Z
dc.date.issued	2018-06
dc.description.abstract	In Ghana and other regions of West Africa a funeral poster is an important part of funerary ritual. Examining two funeral posters – one about omission and the other about inclusion of names – printed to commemorate two chiefs in two Ewe communities in Ghana and Togo, this article shows funeral posters as arenas of contestation, negotiation, affirmation, and elaboration of beliefs and conflicting views. The article argues that funeral posters are written with a local audience in mind, which means that they are a very useful source for historical enquiry about how people address the subjects of kinship and relationships among chiefs.	en_US
dc.identifier.other	https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2018.4
dc.identifier.uri	http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/31260
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	History in Africa	en_US
dc.title	Where is My Name? – Contemporary Funeral Posters as an Arena of Contestation and (Re)negotiation of Chiefly Relations Among the Ewe of Ghana and Togo	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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