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.

"2009."

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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.

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