Traditional Uncertainties, Chieftaincyin Northern Ghana
The study traces ethnic conflict to contingent state society constellations usage of customary power. Periodic violence has historically erupted due to contradictory customary interpretations contending for legitimacy. Much of the history of state statute is characterised by volte-face, which is both a cause and symptom of how political power is structured between the traditional and the modern political realms. Volte-face ...