… formation and its impact on perceptions of power and legitimacy, this study re-investigates
the historical and ethnographical data on ethnic identities, the chieftaincy institution and land …

… between post-conflict reconstruction and changing ethnic identities in Northern Ghana. In …
Ongoing institutional reforms are necessary to address embedded inequalities that maintain …

… backwardness of Northern Ghana in relation to Southern Ghana. … and institutional changes
under colonialism presented both … the single largest ethnic group in Northern Ghana. They …

… of the early 20th century has remained both symbolically and legally important, as we
shall see in the context of modern ‘traditional’ leadership institutions, land and ethnic identity. …

… the Volta Region of Ghana and parts of Northern Region, was … institutions and functions does
not only still exist in Ghana, … for change of its name to reflect the ethnic group that owns the …

… the ethnic group had formed part of the Northern Territories.… Further inter-ethnic conflict
in the Northern Region has been … to ethnicity and neotraditional institutions and the ethnic …

… this study, some key institutions were selected. These include 3 … Ethnic Group: An ethnic
group is defined in this study as ―a … Northern Ghana, is the succession disputes to the chiefship. …

… They created chieftaincy institutions among people for whom this institution was either unknown
… that the chief belongs to your ethnic group. On the one hand, there is the satisfaction that …

… This thesis argues that the predisposition of a locale or ethnic group to violence is highest
when 1) the structures and systems of local chieftaincy institutions exclude some ethnic groups …

… , ethnic identity is derived exclusively from the paternal line. Thus, despite the potential for
ethnic … However, considering the political and institutional weight of chieftaincy in Ghana in …