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A Portrait of Otumfuo Opoku Ware II as a Young Man

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A Portrait of Otumfuo Opoku Ware II as a Young Man

Ivor Wilks

The official biography of Otumfuo Opoku Ware II, fifteenth Asantehene, by the historian Ivor Wilks. It follows his life from his birth in 1919 to his enstoolment as king in 1970. Its focus also speaks to how leadership, ceremony and inherited authority shape cultural and political life.

Shelf mark
SHL-007
Year
1995
Language
English
Copies
1

Location
Reading Room

Asante HistoryChieftaincyBiography and Memoir

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