Chieftaincy in Ghana FROM THE PUBLISHER
Professor Kludze's work is an authoratative and comprehensive study of chieftaincy in the context of the modern social, political and legal institutions of Ghana. It offers detailed accounts and analyses of the law, practices, rituals, and customs of chieftaince and the role of chiefs in modern society.
This important new study discusses chiefs and the institution of chieftaincy generally in modern Ghana. Beginning with the historical conspectus, it discusses and redords both the public and secret rites and procedures for the installation and deposition od chiefs, the creation of stolls and sacred burial rites. There are discussions and analyses of the formal and informal role of chiefs, and the future of chieftaincy in the changing social milieu and the curretn legal norms and constitutional structure.
FROM THE CRITICS
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A study of chiefs and chieftaincy in Ghana, focusing on the northern Ewe communities, by a member of a royal family of Ghana who has personally observed the inner workings and traditional roles of chiefs and the chiefly office and witnessed rituals and practices which are generally shrouded in secrecy. Discusses historical and cultural determinants and looks at chieftaincy and the Ewe political organization, then details the significance of various symbols of chieftaincy. Looks at the role of chieftaincy in traditional society, and discusses legal recognition of chiefs, jurisdiction of the courts in chieftaincy matters, and the future of chieftaincy in modern Ghana. The author is a lawyer by training and has attempted to approach the subject with the bias of a lawyer, rather than a sociologist or anthropologist. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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