{"id":331,"date":"2016-07-19T16:41:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T16:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/?p=331"},"modified":"2017-05-12T21:15:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T21:15:29","slug":"enstoolment-of-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/uncategorized\/enstoolment-of-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Enstoolment of Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-332\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/enstool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-332 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/enstool-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The procession for enstoolment of Chief Nana Kobena Kannie I, featuring a carried seat and red umbrella\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Procession for the enstoolment of Chief Nana Kobena Kannie I<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Saturday, February 27, 1993, Charles Ocansey was installed as Nana Kobena Kannie I, <i>Nkosohene<\/i> (a low-level chief) of the Anomabu Traditional Area. A much-respected member of the Anomabu community, the honor of being named a chief was likely bestowed upon Mr. Ocansey in order to include a person of his educational background (he holds business degrees) on the town&#8217;s council. As is the case with most ceremonies of this importance, it draws together most of the main constituencies in the community as a display of mutual support. Music making, as usual, plays\u00a0a prominent role\u00a0in this community celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Fante and Akan chiefs possess\u00a0elaborately\u00a0carved stools that are incorporated into ceremonies as icons of their authority.\u00a0In death, these stools become ceremonial objects through which they\u00a0are honored. Because of the symbolic importance of these stools, the Akan refer to the installation of a new chief as his enstoolment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/uncategorized\/funeral-for-paramount-chief-video-selections\/\">&lt;&lt;<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/uncategorized\/enstoolment-of-chief-video-selection\/\">&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, February 27, 1993, Charles Ocansey was installed as Nana Kobena Kannie I, Nkosohene (a low-level chief) of the Anomabu Traditional Area. A much-respected member of the Anomabu community, the honor of being named a chief was likely bestowed upon Mr. Ocansey in order to include a person of his educational background (he holds &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/uncategorized\/enstoolment-of-chief\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Enstoolment of Chief&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":821,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions\/821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}