Political sovereignty, village reproduction and legends of origin: a comparative hypothesis

Africa ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 465-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Verdon
Keyword(s):  
General Problem ◽  
Political Sovereignty ◽  
British Colonial ◽  
Volta Region ◽  
Traditional Area ◽  
Political Groups

The Nature of Ewe Polities: The General ProblemThe Ewe-speaking people live in the southern part of the Volta Region (Ghana) and Togo. They dwell in nucleated settlements (villages) of substantial sizes (varying from a few hundred to 16,000 inhabitants in Keta, their largest town). A group of such villages (from as few as one—hardly a group!—to as many as 116 in Anlo) form a larger entity dubbed ‘traditional area’ or ‘Division’ by the British colonial administrators. These Divisions were defined as ‘the groups of villages acknowledging a common fiaga or otherwise-titled Paramount Chief', and there are over one hundred of them in the whole of Eweland. The prevailing ethnographic and administrative opinion has been to equate these Divisions or ‘traditional areas’ with the precolonial Ewe sovereign political groups.

The Impact of the Cold War on the Development of Trade Unionism in Malaya (1948–57)

1992 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leong Yee Fong
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
World War ◽  
Trade Unionism ◽  
British Colonial ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Colonial Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Political Groups

In the aftermath of World War Two, Malaya saw the emergence of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and its attempt to mobilize labour support against the returning British colonial government. The Pan Malayan General Labour Union (PMGLU), later renamed the Pan Malayan Federation of Trade Union (PMFTU), was established as a front organization to harness multiracial labour support and to work in close liaison with other left-wing political groups. Trade unions that mushroomed after the War were invariably dominated by the PMGLU and used as tools for the realization of communist political objectives in Malaya.

The Structure of Titled Offices among the Abutia Ewe

Africa ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Verdon
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
The Political ◽  
The North ◽  
Northern Areas ◽  
Southern Half ◽  
British Colonial ◽  
Volta Region ◽  
Opening Paragraph ◽  
North And South ◽  
As If

Opening ParagraphThe Abutia Ewe form one of what the British colonial administrators dubbed the ‘traditional areas’, over one hundred of which are said to compose the Ewe people or Eweland. These Ewe traditional areas lie in the southern half of the Volta Region (in Ghana) and in southern Togo. Although much has been written about the Ewe, little is known about the political organisation of the inland areas, north of the coastal savanna. In fact, most authors have treated the Ewe as if they were thoroughly homogeneous and could be analysed as one ethnic group or one society, only acknowledging variations between the north and south, not considered significant enough to make them completely different groups (Spieth 1906; 1911; Westermann 1935; Ward 1949; Manoukian 1952; Nukunya 1969; Friedländer 1962; Asamoa 1971 amongst many others). And yet I contend that the northern areas are as distinct from the southern ones as they are from the Akan populations. As a result, none of the present available literature is particularly useful as a paradigmatic model of the northern areas' political organisation.

scholarly journals Location of Farmers Warehouse at Adaklu Traditional Area, Volta Region, Ghana

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Vincent Tulasi ◽  
Isaac Kwasi Adu ◽  
Elikem Kofi Krampa
Keyword(s):  
Location Problem ◽  
Complete Solution ◽  
Minimum Cost ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Fixed Cost ◽  
Straightforward Computation ◽  
Volta Region ◽  
Traditional Area ◽  
A Site ◽  
Postharvest Loss

Postharvest loss is one major problem farmers in Adaklu Traditional Area that most Ghanaian farmers face. As a result, many farmers wallow in abject poverty. Warehouses are important facilities that help to reduce postharvest loss. In this research, Beresnev pseudo-Boolean Simple Plant Location Problem (SPLP) model is used to locate a warehouse at Adaklu Traditional Area, Volta Region, Ghana. This model was used because it gives a straightforward computation and produces no iteration as compared with other models. The SPLP is a problem of selecting a site from candidate sites to locate a plant so that customers can be supplied from the plant at a minimum cost. The model is made up of fixed cost and transportation cost. Location index ordering matrix was developed from the transportation cost matrix and we used it with the fixed cost and differences between variable costs to formulate the Beresnev function. Linear term developed from the function which was partial is pegged to obtain a complete solution. Of the 14 notable communities considered,Adaklu Wayais found most suitable for the setting of the warehouse. The total cost involved is Gh₵78,180.00.

UKRAINIAN EMIGRATION AFTER WWII: HISTORY IN THE LIGHT OF IDEOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL CONFLICTS

2019 ◽  
pp. 84-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kateryna Kobchenko
Keyword(s):  
Third Wave ◽  
Political Conflicts ◽  
Political Sovereignty ◽  
Political Views ◽  
The Common ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Political Groups ◽  
Political Opinions

The main topic of the article is the analysis of political views and ideological conceptions of the Ukrainian political emigration after WWII also known as the Third wave of Emigration. According to the done overview it is shown, that the Ukrainian political emigration of the after-war period was politically and ideologically heterogeneous community which activity in political area on theoretical and practical levels had mostly conflicting character. The common principles were however the idea of the national independent of Ukraine as well as aspiration to overthrow of the Soviet communist power. Meanwhile the differences in the views of the most influenced political circles consisted in various strategies and tactics of the liberation struggle, in search for allies and the definition of their own role in the liberation movement. An important point for elaboration of principles and methods of the national liberation was the attitude to the Soviet Ukraine, and the positions of different political parties in this case were extended from its recognition as formal and limited form of the national statehood till the deny of its political subjectivity and proclaiming it as a territory occupied by Moscow bolshevist power. An important aspect of the question of attitude towards Soviet Ukraine by different political groups was the fact of the membership of the Ukrainian SSR in the UNO as well as the interpretation of the international and legal role of this fact in the context of defending of political sovereignty and rights of Ukraine. On these examples it is shown, that political views of the Ukrainian emigration constituted a wide pluralistic spectrum from the left to the right political opinions.

Influence of Magnetic Fields on Solar Hydrodynamics: Experimental Results

1977 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 143-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.O. Stenflo
Keyword(s):  
Solar Activity ◽  
Energy Balance ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Solar Atmosphere ◽  
General Problem ◽  
Solar Rotation ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Dynamic Phenomena

It is well-known that solar activity is basically caused by the Interaction of magnetic fields with convection and solar rotation, resulting in a great variety of dynamic phenomena, like flares, surges, sunspots, prominences, etc. Many conferences have been devoted to solar activity, including the role of magnetic fields. Similar attention has not been paid to the role of magnetic fields for the overall dynamics and energy balance of the solar atmosphere, related to the general problem of chromospheric and coronal heating. To penetrate this problem we have to focus our attention more on the physical conditions in the ‘quiet’ regions than on the conspicuous phenomena in active regions.

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