The Kusasis-A Short Histroy (2)

~lish Territory, where he lives in Widinaba more or lesa
unnoticed ..
Am~ the followers of the Mamprussi Chiefs in the
District there are at least twenty people known as Ifnaba ll
who vary in importance from people like. So~onaba.
and
Zabagunaba, who rank a.a Sub-chief s,. down to Zeydnaba and
I
I
Deygnaba which mean! respectively ItChief of the SOUpll and
"C-l1ief of the pigs tl . ,
Neither of. them has muoh more. land
than that on which he lives., but the names are titles. of
respect awarded many years ago in recognition of services
performed ...
v The occasional thief 'ltas not unlmown, but if caught
he was dealt with drastically on the spot by the owner of
the stolen property and members. of the latter's family.
Sometimes the culprit lost a hand and some~imes
an eye.
If he repeated the offence he was deprived of the second
hand or eye, as the vase might he.
'til' the case ot murder
or fighting in which blood was spilt. it was customary tor
the people eoncerned, or their rolative~,
to make a peaoa
oftering to the local fetian, and, so obtain aesol ution.
In the Northern part of Toendema. this ofie=ing was. often
made to the fetish of Kalensinaba..