Re-inventing African Chieftaincy in the Age of AIDS, Gender and Development. Volume I. Overview
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2006-06-13T18:42:51Z
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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 remain, for a variety of reasons, important to the design and implementation of development regardless of whether or not traditional leaders have statutory jurisdiction granted by the post-colonial state. Traditional leaders seek to be active collaborators in development interventions.
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Volume I of a 4 volume report on African chieftaincy in the age of AIDS, gender and development
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African Chiefs, South Africa, Botswana, Ghana, AIDS, Gender, Development, rural development, Queenmothers, House of Chiefs, traditional land, customary laws