caa a22 4500 386344191 CHVBK 20180307111805.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198911 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0021853700024464 doi S0021853700024464 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0021853700024464 McCaskie Thomas C. University of Birmingham Death and the Asantehene: A Historical Meditation [Elektronische Daten] [Thomas C. McCaskie] This paper builds upon the author's previously published work on the forest kingdom of Asante (Ghana). It deals generally with the issue of death in Asante history and culture, and more specifically with the meanings of the mortuary rituals surrounding the deaths of Asantehenes. These issues are addressed in relation to the extensive anthropological literature concerning the cross-cultural meaning of death. The paper then concentrates on an analysis of the meaning of the very fully documented events that surrounded the death and interment of the Asantehene Kwaku Dua Panin in 1867. These are analysed in relation to cultural norms and historical practices, and the conclusion sets out to locate the meaning of the Asantehene Kwaku Dua Panin's death within the broader framework of Asante historical experience. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 The Journal of African History Cambridge University Press 30/3(1989-11), 417-444 0021-8537 30:3<417 1989 30 AFH https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853700024464 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853700024464 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- McCaskie Thomas C. University of Birmingham NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of African History Cambridge University Press 30/3(1989-11), 417-444 0021-8537 30:3<417 1989 30 AFH CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge