In a 1984 book, Claire C, Robertson argued that, before colonialism, agewas a more important indicator of status and authority than gender in Ghana and in Africa generally.
在1984年的一本书中，克莱尔· C ·罗伯逊认为，在殖民主义出现之前，在加纳和整个非洲，年龄是地位和权威的一个更重要的指标，而不是性别。
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Robertson revised her hypothesis somewhat, arguing that in determining authority in precolonial Africa agewas a primary principle that superseded gender to varying degrees depending on the situation.