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Author Awedoba, A. K

Title An ethnographic study of Northern Ghanaian conflicts : towards a sustainable peace : key aspects of past, present, and impending conflicts in Northern Ghana and the mechanisms for their address / A.K. Awedoba ; collaborating researchers, Edward Salifu Mahama, Sylvanus M.A. Kuuire, Felix Longi
Edition Rev. ed
Published Legon, Accra, Ghana : Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2011, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 321 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Contents Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction to the Study -- Ethnography of Conflict -- Data Collection and Previous Fieldwork -- Conflict Zones -- ch. Two Upper West Region Conflicts -- Introductory Background to the Region -- Dagaba and Wala Chiefdoms Disputes -- Cases from Sissala Chiefdoms -- ch. Three Upper East Region Conflicts -- Introductory Background to the Region -- Bawku Chieftaincy Conflict -- Bolga Skin Affair -- Bolgatanga Lands: Conflicting Jurisdictions -- Zuarungu Land/Chieftaincy Dispute -- Wakii-Tengzuk Conflict -- Mirigu/Kandiga Affair -- Chuchuliga Chieftaincy Affair -- Chiana Chieftaincy Dispute -- New and Potential Conflicts in the Upper East -- ch. Four Northern Region Conflicts -- Introductory Background to the Region -- Gonja Chiefships -- Gonja and their Neighbours -- Nanumba Chieftaincy Conflict -- Nanumba-Konkomba Conflict -- Dagbon Crisis -- Other Conflicts -- Konkomba Quest for Paramountcy -- Potential Crisis Spots -- ch. Five Conflict Management Mechanisms -- State Organs and Institutions -- Civil Organs and Associations -- Traditional Institutions, Norms and Mechanisms -- ch. Six Summary and Conclusion -- Concluding Comments
Notes "2009."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Social conflict -- Ghana -- Northern Region
HISTORY -- Africa -- West.
Ethnic relations
Social conflict
SUBJECT Northern Region (Ghana) -- Ethnic relations
Subject Ghana -- Northern Region
Form Electronic book
Author Mahama, Edward Salifu
Kuuire, Sylvanus M. A
Longi, Felix
ISBN 9789988647643
9988647646
Other Titles Northern Ghanaian conflicts : towards a sustainable peace