1 - Conscientious Achievements of the Dangme before the Atlantic Contact: Insights from Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Investigations at Sega and Kpone, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
Corresponding Author(s) : Fritz Biveridge
Afrika Zamani,
No 26 (2018): Afrika Zamani: Revue annuelle d’histoire africaine
Résumé
Cet article résume les résultats de recherches archéologiques menées à Sega et à Kpone, deux anciennes colonies de Dangme situées sur le golfe de Guinée au Ghana. Les récits ethno-historiques et les documents écrits constituent des sources de données également utilisées. L'objectif de l'étude était, à partir des données et sources susmentionnées, d’approfondir et améliorer notre compréhension des modes de vie culturels anciens des colons des deux sites
avant leur rencontre avec les Européens. Les preuves combinées ont indiqué que la population était relativement importante et sophistiquée, comme en atteste les vastes zones de travail et l’existence de plusieurs professions spécialisées. Un autre développement significatif est que les populations autochtones se sont engagées dans des échanges intra-régionaux complexes avec les administrations voisines, échanges qui ont eu un impact positif sur l’économie locale et qui semblent avoir facilité les processus d’urbanisation et de formation d’État.
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Les références
Anquandah, J., 1982, Rediscovering Ghana’s Past, London: Longman Group.
Anquandah, J., 1985, Ethno Archaeological Clues to Ghana’s Past and Greater Future?
Monograph and Papers in African Archaeology. No. 2, University of Ghana, Legon.
Anquandah, J., 1993, ‘Urbanization and State Formation in Ghana during the Iron Age’, in T. Shaw, P. Sinclair, B. Andah and A. Okpoko, (Eds). The Archaeology of Africa – Food, Metals and Towns, London: Routledge.
Anquandah, J., 1996, Accra Plains Dangmeland: A Case Study in the Eclectic Approach to Archaeological and Historical Studies, FASS Bulletin.
Anquandah, J., 2003a, ‘Traditional herbal medicine’, The Mirror, 25 January, No. 2512, Accra.
Anquandah, J., 2003b, ‘Traditional herbal medicine’, The Mirror, 1 February, No. 2513, Accra.
Barbot, J., 1732. A Description of the Coast of North and South Guinea, London: Churchills Collection of Voyages and Travels.
Barbot, J., 1992, Barbot on Guinea: The Writings of Jean Barbot on West Africa. 1678–1712, translated and edited by P.E.H. Hair, A. Jones and R. Law, London: Hakluyt Society.
Biveridge, F., 2005, ‘An Archaeological Investigation of the Kpone Coastline and Its Implications for Understanding the Coastal Dangme’, unpublished MPhil thesis, University of Ghana, Legon.
Biveridge, F., 2011, ‘A study of ancient subsistence strategies of the coastal Dangbe of Ghana: an archaeological perspective’, West African Journal of Archaeology 40 (1 & 2): 49–73.
Biveridge, F., 2014. ‘The archaeology of Sega: an abandoned Dangbe settlement’, Studies in the African Past 8: 38–64.
Boahen, A.A., 1977, ‘Ghana before the coming of Europeans’, Ghana Social Science Journal 4 (1) (May).
Bosman, W., 1705, Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea, London: Frank Cass.
Certificate of Authentication No. 000372, 1972, Kpone Traditional Council Affairs (Public Records and Archives Administration Department), Accra.
Dickson K. B. and Benneh K. 1982. A New Geography of Ghana. London. Longman. Field, M., 1961, Religion and Medicine of the Ga People, London: Oxford University Press.
Fowler, H.W., 1986, ‘The marine fishes of West Africa’, Bulletin of the American Museum of National History LXX. Pt. 1 & 11.
Garrard, T.I., 1980, Akan Weights and the Gold Coast, London: Longman Group. Kesse, G.O., 1985. The Mineral and Rock Resources of Ghana, Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema Publishers.
Kpone Traditional Affairs C.S.O. 21/22/1421, 1985, Kpone Traditional Council, Kpone.
Kropp-Dakubu, M.E., 1976, ‘The Contribution of Linguistics to the Study of Gha- naian History’, in J.O. Hunwick, ed., Proceedings of the Seminar on Ghanaian Historiography and Historical Research, 20–22 May.
Kwei, E.A. and Adu, D.W., 2005, Fishes in the Coastal Waters of Ghana, Accra: Ronna Publishers.
Marees, P. de, 1601, A Description and Historical Declaration of the Golden Kingdom of Guinea, Glasgow.
Meredith, H., 1812, An Account of the Gold Coast of Guinea, London: Frank Cass.
Odotei, I., 1976, ‘The Ga-Adangbe’, in J.O. Hunwick, ed., Proceedings of the Semi- nar on Ghanaian Historiography and Historical Research, Department of History, University of Ghana, Legon, 20–22 May.
Omenyo, C.N., 2001, The On-going Encounter between Christianity and African Traditional Culture: A Case Study of Girls Nubility Rites of the Krobo, Accra: Adwensa Publishers.
Pereira, D.P., 1967 [reprint], Esmeraldo de Situ orbis, translated by G.H. Kimble, Nenden, Liechtenstein: Kraus.
Quaye, I., 1972, ‘The Ga and their Neighbours: 1600–1742’, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Ghana, Legon.
Reindorf, C.C, 1966, The History of the Gold Coast and Ashantee, Accra: Ghana Universities Press. Survey Department Sheet No. 05000 A3, 2000.