Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleThe court and the kola nut: Wooing and witnessing in Northern Ghana.AuthorsDrucker-Brown, SusanAbstractDiscusses the importance of the kola nuts in the social life and customs of the Mamprusi people of northern Ghana. Description of kola; Kola and poison; Courtship; Greeting the king and his kola; Marriage kola; Kola at funerals.SubjectsGHANA; KOLA nuts; COURTSHIP; MAMPRUSI (African people); MANNERS &; customsPublicationJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1995, Vol 1, Issue 1, p129ISSN1359-0987Publication typeArticleDOI10.2307/3034232