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Chieftaincy in Ghana: Challenges and Prospects in the 21st Century

In: African and Asian Studies
Author: Kwame Boafo-Arthur
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01 Jan 2003
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Abstract

The paper delineates what is seen as key challenges to the chieftaincy institution in Ghana. Historical challenges in the form of colonial attempts to sidestep the institution and the attempts by the immediate post independence governments to subjugate and divest them of their economic strength through drastic laws, never cowed the institution. Currently, the 1992 Fourth Republic Constitution bars chiefs from participating in partisan politics thus infringing on their inalienable right of free association. The responses of chiefs to current challenges include the setting up of education funds, participating in HIV/AIDS education, and sensitizing the people on the dangers of environmental degradation. In sum, the noted resilience of the institution will once more assist in containing the challenges to the institution in the 21st century.

Title:
Chieftaincy in Ghana: Challenges and Prospects in the 21st Century
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/156920903322149400
Language:
English
Pages:
125–153
In:
African and Asian Studies
In:
Volume 2: Issue 2
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1569-2108
Print ISSN:
1569-2094
Subjects:
General, African Studies, Asian Studies, Social Sciences, Social Sciences, Asian Studies, General, Middle East and Islamic Studies

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