According to Reindorf, the Guan humans have been no longer ruled through any "most important man"

purchase each town had its very own ruler. The fetish priest wielded each political and non secular
capabilities. Due to the have an impact on of Akan Chieftaincy establishments, each Guan kingdom later
followed a chief and the workplace of a clergyman became separated from that of a first-rate. The
extended family heads of each nation fashioned a council of elders that assisted the chiefs in selection-
making.[1]

Colonial generation

Dutch Gold Coast

The Dutch West India Company turned into chargeable for Dutch colonial possessions within the Gold
Coast. The corporation changed into headed with the aid of a Director-trendy who turned into assisted
by means of a council of senior colonial officials.[7] The shape of the Dutch Gold Coast government
changed into restructured in 1675. The vicinity under the authority of the Director-General became
redefined as "the Coast of Africa, from Sierra Leone all completely to 30 tiers South of the equator,
together with all of the islands in among," thereby nominally reinstating the declare on the territories
lost on this region to the Portuguese.[8]