Commemorating the chief: the politics of postage stamps in West Africa.(Moro Naba Sagha) From: African Arts | Date: June 22, 2004| Author: Adedze, Agbenyega | COPYRIGHT 2004 The Regents of the University of California. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The images on postage stamps are not chosen at random; in fact, since the issuing of postage stamps remains the monopoly of the central government in every country in Africa, the choice of many images, especially those depicting chiefs and other royal personages, is politically motivated. The circumstances surrounding the issuing of commemorative postage stamps depicting chiefs in Burkina Faso, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Guinea offer insight into these countries' histories, n...

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