Notse's ancient kingship: some archaeological and art-historical considerations
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Auteurs : Nii Otokunor QuarcoopomeSource :
- African Archaeological Review [ 0263-0338 ]
Abstract
Abstract: This essay discusses the relevance of archaeology and art in the contemporary politics of an African community. It focuses primarily on Notse, a town in the Republic of Togo, whose centuries-old walls have now become the object of a major festival, the Agbogboza . Successors to a relatively young chiefship, invented by the German administration a century ago, have in the last 30 years championed a new ideology aimed at reinventing a lost kingdom. Ironically, it was the harsh measures imposed by the town's ancient monarchy that led to its demise. Notse's sacral kingship still retains its distinctive validating emblems. Yet the most visible testimony to its past misrule, the wall monument, now provides the unifying symbol for disparate Ewe people who see the town as their cradle.
DOI: 10.1007/BF01118144
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