Domestic rights and duties in southern Ghana
By: edited by Christine Oppong
Contributors: University of Ghana. Institute of African Studies
Series: Legon family research papers -- no. 1
Publisher: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Legon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Families; Congresses; Akan (African people); Social life and customs; Ewe (African people); Domestic relations
Notes: "All except four of the papers ... were presented at the first of a series of ... seminars ... held at the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ghana ... in 1971"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Family studies in Ghana 1920-1970  -- Meyer Fortes -- (p. 1-27.).; title: The Akan family system today  -- Meyer Fortes -- (p. 28-34.).; title: Composition of households in some Fante communities :  -- E.V.W Vercruijsse -- (p. 35-56.).; title: Church and change in Akuapem  -- M.A Kwamena-Poh -- (p. 57-67.).; title: Kinship and local community in Akwapem  -- Eric O Ayisi -- (p. 68-76.).; title: Arenas of judgement :  -- Dorothy D Vellenga -- (p. 77-101.).; title: A Preliminary study of the role of women in some Akan rural communities  -- M Hardiman -- (p. 102-128.).; title: Migrant Asante cocoa farmers and their families  -- J Adomako-Sarfoh -- (p. 129-144.).; title: Domestic tensions reflected in the popular theatre in Ghana  -- Kwabena N Bame -- (p. 145-161.).; title: Ewe lineage and kinship : -- D.K Fiawoo-- (p. 163-167.).; title: Clan endogamy and patrilateral parallel cousin marriage in Tongu, Ghana  -- D.K Fiawoo -- (p. 167-185.).; title: Some bilateral elements in Anlo kinship  -- G.K Nukunya -- (p. 186-198.).; title: Family property and inheritance among the northern Ewe of Ghana  -- A.K.P Kludze -- (p. 199-211.).; title: The Position of maternal relatives in the kinship system of the Ewe  -- Tom K Kumekpor -- (p. 212-233.).; title: Aspects of Akan and Ewe kinship terminologies  -- Gilbert Ansre -- (p. 234-252.).; title: Comparative studies :  -- John Rankine Goody -- (p. 253-256.).; title: Succession and inheritance among the Fanti and Ewe  -- K.E De Graft Johnson -- (p. 257-267.).; title: The Rights of wives, sons and daughters in the estates of their deceased husbands and fathers : -- Gordon R Woodman-- (p. 268-284.).; title: Problems in the law relating to the maintenance and support of wives and children :  -- William Cornelius Ekow Daniels -- (p. 285-291.).; title: The Effects of the Maintenance of Children Act on Akan and Ewe notions of paternal responsibility  -- P.W Jones-Quartey -- (p. 292-304.).; title: House form and family arrangement :  -- Roland Fletcher -- (p. 305-325.).; title: Domestic budgeting among some salaried urban couples :  -- Christine Oppong -- (p. 326-341.).; title: Parent-child relationships in African literature  -- Eric Ofoe Apronti -- (p. 342-349.).; title: Household patterns among urban and rural communities in south-eastern Ghana  -- N.O Addo -- (p. 350-366.).; title: Problems and prospects in family research : -- Simon Ottenberg-- (p. 367-382.).