A note on the Asante akonkofo: a non-literate Sub-elite, 1900–1930

Africa ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwame Arhin

Opening ParagraphFollowing the growing interest in recent years in social stratification in Asante in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Arhin, 1983a: 2–22; 1983b: 475; McCaskie, 1983: 23–44; Wilks, 1975: 166–719), this note offers a preliminary study of a body of men who became known in Kumasi and the capital towns of the other Asante chiefdoms – in particular Bekwai, Juaben and Mampon – as the akonkofo in the first phase of colonial rule, 1896–1930. The argument of the paper, written in the light of the views of Daaku (1970, 1971) is that the akonkofo, an intermediary group between office holders and non-holders of office (Arhin, 1983a) could emerge as a distinctive sociopolitical category only in the colonial period. The first section of this article, on the origin of the akonkofo, describes the factors that inhibited the rise of ‘merchant princes’ in Asante before colonial rule; the second, on the akonkofo in Kumasi, offers a kind of social portrait of the akonkofo; and the third section, on the position of the akonkofo in Asante society, examines the relationship of the akonkofo to traditional authority. My sources are archival and written. I have also recorded interviews with Barima Owusu-Ansah, over seventy-five years old, and a leading authority on Asante law and constitution, and with Baffour Osei Akoto, senior spokesman (okyeame) of the Asantehene and just turned seventy, as well as conversations with sundry officials at the Asantehene's court.

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Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Aris Winandar

HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN, PERSEPSI, DAN SIKAP DENGAN INTENSITAS PERILAKU MEROKOK PADA MAHASISWA AKADEMI FARMASI DAN MAKANAN (AKAFARMA) YAYASAN HARAPAN BANGSA BANDA ACEH TAHUN 2016     Aris Winandar 1.Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Serambi Mekkah Banda Aceh Email korespondensi : ( [email protected])   Abstrak   Latar Belakang : Intensitas perilaku merokok juga menimbulkan dampak negatif bagi perokok pasif. Berdasarkan studi pendahuluan yang penulis lakukan di Akademi Farmasi dan Makanan (Akafarma) Yayasan Harapan Bangsa Banda Aceh tahub 2016 jumlah mahasiswa sebanyak 150 orang, sebagian mahasiswa terutama laki-laki mengkonsumsi rokok dalam kesehariannya, penyebab mahasiswa mengkonsumsi rokok karena ingin tampil gaya, alasan mereka jika merokok membuat pikaran jadi lebih tenang, selain itu sikap mahasiswa yang tidak mengetahui bahwa jika merokok membuat mereka mudah terkena penyakit, selain itu kurangnya pengetahuan tentang rokok juga merupakan salah satu penyebab mahasiswa tidak memperdulikan keesehatannya..(Tujuan) untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan, persepsi, dan sikap dengan intensitas perilaku merokokpada remaja putra di Akademi Farmasi dan Makanan (Akafarma) Yayasan Harapan Bangsa Banda Aceh Tahun 2016. Metode : bersifat deskriptif analitik dengan pendekatan crossectional study.Hasil : ada hubungan yang bermakna antara pengetahuan dengan intensitas perilaku merokokdengan p value=0,000 (p<0,05), persepsi p value=0,004 (p<0,05), dan sikap dengan p value=0,002 (p<0,05) dengan intensitas perilaku merokok pada mahasiswa di Akademi Farmasi dan Makanan (Akafarma) Yayasan Harapan Bangsa Banda Aceh.Kesimpulan : Pengetahuan, Persepsi, Dan Sikap ada hubungan yang sangat bermakna dengan intensitas perilaku merokok pada mahasiswa di Akademi Farmasi dan Makanan (Akafarma) Yayasan Harapan Bangsa Banda Aceh   Kata kunci: Perilaku Merokok, remaja   Abstract   Background: The intensity of smoking behavior also has a negative impact on passive smoking. Based on preliminary study which the author did at Academy of Food and Pharmacy (Akafarma) Harapan Bangsa Foundation Banda Aceh in 2016 the number of students as many as 150 people, some students, especially men consume cigarettes in their daily life, the cause of students consuming cigarettes because they want to look stylish, their reasons if smoking makes the plateau so calm, besides the attitude of students who do not know that if smoking makes them susceptible to disease, other than that the lack of knowledge about cigarettes is also one cause the students do not care about his health ..(Goal) to know the relationship of knowledge, and attitudes with the intensity of smoking behavior in young men at the Akademi Academy of Pharmacy and Food (Akafarma) Harapan Bangsa Foundation Banda Aceh Year 2016. Method: analytical descriptive with cross-sectional approach. Result: there is a significant correlation between knowledge and intensity of smoking behavior with p value = 0,000 (p <0,05), perception p value = 0,004 (p <0,05), and attitude p value = 0,002 (p <0,05) with intensity of smoking behavior among students at Akademi Academy of Pharmacy and Food (Akafarma) Harapan Bangsa Foundation Banda Aceh. Conclusion: Knowledge, Perception, And Attitude There is a very meaningful relation with intensity of smoking behavior in students at the Akpararma Akademarma dan Food (Akafarma) Foundation of Harapan Bangsa Banda Aceh   Keywords: Smoking Behavior, adolescents


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