Decolonization, the Colonial State, and Chieftaincy in the Gold Coast

Journal Article DECOLONIZATION, THE COLONIAL STATE, AND CHIEFTAINCY IN THE GOLD COAST Get access RICHARD C. CROOK RICHARD C. CROOK The author is Lecturer in Politics at Glasgow University. This article began life as a seminar paper presented at the Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham in 1984. It was subsequently presented at the York Conference of the ASAUK in September 1984, and discussed at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London in October of the same year. The author is grateful to all those who made comments and suggestions at those seminars; he remarks that 'some will find in the footnotes at least a partial acknowledgement of their help, others will notice the corrections in the text!' Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 85, Issue 338, January 1986, Pages 75–106, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a097772 Published: 01 January 1986