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Christianity, modernity and the weight of tradition in the life of Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I, c. 1888–1931

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Emmanuel Akyeampong
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Résumé

Les écrits consacrés à Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I (1888-1931) portent majoritairement sur sa carrière de roi des Asante dans le contexte de la colonisation britannique. Cet article tente de nous éclairer quelque peu sur la vie personnelle de Prempeh et sur son attachment au christianisme et à la modernité. Il définit les notions de modernité et de conversion dans le contexte Asante, et examine l'initiative novatrice de Prempeh de fusionner la tradition Asante et la modernité. Les conséquences de cette initiative ont été très importantes pour Prempeh et les Asante. L'article est une microétude de l'action des forces culturelles mondiales dans un contexte non occidental.

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Contextualising conversion: the political and the personal
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Africa , Volume 69 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 279 - 311
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Copyright © International African Institute 1999

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