Builsa historical memory preserves resistance to slave raiding in the late nineteenth century, including conflict with forces associated with Babatu. Academic work emphasises multiple oral and archival accounts; this draft should be expanded without collapsing those accounts into one narrative.
Builsa historical memory preserves resistance to slave raiding in the late nineteenth century, including conflict with forces associated with Babatu. Academic work emphasises multiple oral and archival accounts; this draft should be expanded without collapsing those accounts into one narrative.
Significance
The resistance is central to historical memory and is re-enacted and interpreted through Feok and associated war-dance traditions.
Legacy
The resistance is central to historical memory and is re-enacted and interpreted through Feok and associated war-dance traditions.
Sources & Historical Evidence
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Sources used for this record
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Indigenous Resistance to Slavery by the Builsa People of Northern Ghana. University of Ghana. https://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/items/8a9f902f-c934-431e-8e89-beeb13dd691cView external source ↗
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PreferredIndigenous Resistance to Slavery by the Builsa People of Northern Ghana. University of Ghana. https://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/items/8a9f902f-c934-431e-8e89-beeb13dd691cAPAIndigenous Resistance to Slavery by the Builsa People of Northern Ghana. University of Ghana. https://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/items/8a9f902f-c934-431e-8e89-beeb13dd691cChicagoIndigenous Resistance to Slavery by the Builsa People of Northern Ghana. University of Ghana. https://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/items/8a9f902f-c934-431e-8e89-beeb13dd691cMLAIndigenous Resistance to Slavery by the Builsa People of Northern Ghana. University of Ghana. https://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/items/8a9f902f-c934-431e-8e89-beeb13dd691cBibTeX@misc{universityofghana, author = {University of Ghana}, title = {Indigenous Resistance to Slavery by the Builsa People of Northern Ghana}, year = {}, url = {https://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/items/8a9f902f-c934-431e-8e89-beeb13dd691c} }RISTY - GEN TI - Indigenous Resistance to Slavery by the Builsa People of Northern Ghana AU - University of Ghana PY - UR - https://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/items/8a9f902f-c934-431e-8e89-beeb13dd691c ER -