Chieftain, Volume 1, 2004-
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Ethno-Politicization in the 1994- 1995 Case of Conflict in Northern Ghana: The Role of Youth Associations and Faith-Based Organizations
(University of Saskatchewan, Arts, 2012-06-15)Most large-scale ethnic conflicts move beyond state-centric issues to involve a variety of actors, issues, and motives. In Northern Ghana, the protracted conflicts of the 1980s and 1990s were altercations between ... -
Chiefs in Post-Colonial Ghana: Exploring different elements of the identity, inequalities and conflicts nexus in the Northern Region
(Texas Southern University, Barbara Jordan - Mickey Leyland School of Public Affairs, 2007-02-06)By the mid-1990s Ghanaian ethnic groups were (re)discovering chieftaincy on a wide front and looking to traditional ‘chiefly’ structures as part of a move towards more extensive political indulgence. In this paper, the ... -
Report on the TAARN Conference on the Role of Ghanaian Rulers as Development Officers
(2007-02-06)In June 2001, as part of the second phase of the research activities of the TAARN (Ghana Team), invitations were sent to the ten Regional Houses of Chiefs asking them to send three traditional rulers each – a paramount, ... -
Re-inventing African Chieftaincy in the Age of AIDS, Gender and Development. Volume I. Overview
(2006-06-13)Traditional leaders are re-inventing themselves and their offices in terms of how they promote development for their communities. The IDRC-funded research found that in Botswana, Ghana and South Africa, traditional leaders ... -
Queen Mothers and Social Workers: A Potential collaboration between traditional authority and social work in Ghana
(2005-10-06)Kingship (chieftaincy) is an institution that has existed since ancient times in Africa (Kludze, 2000). It is an institution that has played a major role in many Ghanaian ethnic groups as the governor of customary law. ... -
UNPACKING THE CONCEPT OF TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY:
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