‘Brothers 30,000, Sisters 20,000; Nephews 15,000, Nieces 10,000’: Akan Funeral Ledgers’ ...

‘Brothers 30,000, Sisters 20,000; Nephews 15,000, Nieces 10,000’: Akan Funeral Ledgers’ Kinship And Value Negotiations, And Their Limits Stefano Boni, 2010   This article compares indigenous conceptualizations, as expressed in ledgers recording the collection of funeral offerings, with academic knowledge on kinship and value negotiation in the Akan area of West Africa. Donors are inserted in social circuits defining their residential belonging (in villages and households), parental...

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