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Autochthonous, conquest and overlordship rights in land: Constructing allodial rights in the Kpandai area in Northern Ghana in the pre-colonial times
No full textIn 1991-92, a conflict over the allodial title to lands in the Kpandai area broke out between the Nawuri and the Gonja, prompting the necessity to interrogate the concept of allodial rights. In Northern Ghana in general, allodial rights in land are ethnicized - the right of absolute ownership of land resided in an ethnic group. Nonetheless, the modes of acquisition of allodial rights in land differ from place to place, though generally they are embedded in the historical traditions of societies. By and large, the modes of acquisition of allodial rights in land by an ethnic group are determined by variables such as autochthonous and conquest rights, lease and gift. This study interrogates the ownership of Kpandai in the pre-colonial period, using, as determinants, tools such as autochthony, conquest, and I overlordship. It argues that allodial rights in lands in the Kpandai in the pre-colonial period resided in the Nawuri by virtue of rights of autochthony and autonomy
Incarceration of chiefs: A colonial and post-colonial tool for the destruction of the sanctity of the chieftaincy institution in Ghana?
No full textUsing predominantly primary historical documents, supplemented by the appropriate secondary historical records, this paper examines political detention or the incarceration of chiefs as a measure or a tool employed by both colonial and post-colonial authorities to weaken and to eventually destroy the chieftaincy institution in Ghana. The paper evaluates the circumstances leading to the arrest and detention of the chiefs who suffered such fate. It analyses the socio-cultural impact of such detentions on the paramountcies affected and on the institution of chieftaincy in Ghana as a whole. Based on the findings of the study, the paper concludes that under both colonial and the immediate post-colonial eras, a big blow was dealt to the institution of chieftaincy in Ghana which helped shrink the power and status of the institution in the country
Europe’s Representation of Africa and Africans, African- Americans and Asians in Its Imperialistic Explorations and Colonization as It Appears in Literary Texts
No full textIn order to justify their annexation and subsequent subjugation and colonisation of Africa, the America and Asia, European imperalist nations had to depict Africa in a way that supported their missions. First, Africa had to be portaryed as a savage continent that needed the benevolence of the white man in order to attain civilisation. Second, Africa and the Americas had to be depicted as virgin lands that could provide all the raw materials that modern Europe needed for its indsutrial take-off. Third, one of the characteristics that was used in that project was that of the African man in genral and the "black" man in particular as a dangerous beast that is always in hot pursuit of the white woman\u27s virginity. As a consequnence, the black man in Africa and in America had to be kept under constant check. This paper examines the problem whihc is represented by the fallacies put forth by Europe or the gap between the apologia and the reality in modern Europe\u27s subjugation of the territories that it needed to posses for its own survival. The paper castigates the injustice and cruelty behind European colonisation and it also stresses the negative impact of such representations on today\u27s post colonial citizens. Library research is the main approach. The main literary materials used are the racist and anti-racist texts and movies on Africa. Emphasis is laid on ideology and characterisation. Post colonial and Marxist Literary and Cultural theory and disaporan theory inform the research
The origin of legal regulation of chieftaincy disputes in Yorubaland, 1930 —1945
No full textChieftaincy dispute was one of the major challenges faced by the Colonial administration in Nigeria. This subject has attracted much attention from scholars, but the aspect of legal regulation of chieftaincy matters and disputes have been neglected. This study, therefore, examines the reasons and the context within which it became necessary to promulgate laws and ordinances that were used to regulate chieftaincy appointment, selection, deposition and resolution of disputes. It further examines the causes of persistent chieftaincy disputes, assesses the extent to which the various ordinances, laws and the courts were able to resolve the problem of contestations with a view to determining it achievement. The study has established that law is a veritable instrument of administration, in both colonial and post colonial period. Colonial law, to a great extent, provided the desired social order that the colonial administration required for the exploitation of the economy
Assessment of private sector funding for professional football clubs playing in premier league in Northern Nigeria: Assessment of private sector funding for professional football clubs playing in premier league in Northern Nigeria
No full textThis study assessed private sector funding for professional football clubs playing in premier league in Northern Nigeria. To achieve this, questionnaire on private sector funding for professional football clubs was developed, validated and utilized for this study. Kitting of players, building of stadium, travelling, insurance and television rights constituted items in the questionnaire. A major hypothesis sought to find out if there were significant differences in private sector funding among the professional football clubs in Northern Nigeria as viewed by respondents. The questionnaire was administered on 90 respondents from the 6 clubs randomly picked from the 3 geo-political zones in Northern Nigeria (2 clubs from each zone). This gave us 30 respondents from each of the geo-political zones. Mean and Analysis of Variance were applied to describe and test the hypothesis. The result showed that private sector does not give meaningful funding to professional football clubs in Northern Nigeria. It was also found that there was significant difference in private sector funding for professional football clubs in Northern Nigeria playing in the Premier League. It is therefore recommended that professional football clubs in Northern Nigeria should seek for private sector funding for the activities of their club
Comparision of HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitude of nursing and college of education students in Kumasi: Comparision of HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitude of nursing and college of education students in Kumasi
No full textThe purpose of the study was to compare HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes of nurses and teachers in training. A questionnaire was administered to a cross section of 200 nurses and teachers in training at Kumasi. Respondents were asked to provide information on HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes. The data obtained were presented and analysed using the Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) version 16.0. Study results indicated that the majority of the respondents had a high level of HIV/AIDS knowledge, acceptance and positive attitude towards HIV/AIDS issues and patients. Nurses in training had higher HIV/AIDS mean knowledge score ((x=14.55) than teachers in training (x= 14.23). However, independent samples t-test analysis showed insignificant difference between knowledge scores of nurses and teachers in training (t (198=.95, significance level=0.05, sig. (2-tailed)=.33). Also, the nurses in training had higher HIV/AIDS mean attitude score (x= 14.54) than teachers in training (x=14.34). However, independent sample t-test showed insignificant difference between attitude scores of nurses and teachers in training (t (198) =.60, significance level = 0.05, sig (2-tailed) =.54). There was no statistically significant bivariate correlation between knowledge and attitude scores of respondents (r(198)=0.01, significance level=0.05,sig.(2-tailed)=.89). The study recommends that future HIV/AIDS prevention strategies and campaigns in schools and colleges should focus not only on HIV/AIDS knowledge but also on developing and maintaining safe sexual behavior and positive attitudes towards HIV/AIDS issues and patients
Indigenous African ethics: A reflection on Akan and Ewe ethical values
No full textThere are no unethical people on earth, and indigenous Africans are no exception. Ethics is a people \u27s way of life whether good or bad. In this paper, a reflection is done on the indigenous African ethical values with the Akan and Ewe as reference points. The paper then goes on to discuss the foundation for the two societies ’ ethical behaviours. The paper discusses the principles behind their ethical making process, the ethical making process itself and their ethical values. The paper concludes that the two societies, Akan and Ewe, have developed an ethical system that has helped to sustain their societies
Photography: A tool for historical records in Nigeria
No full textHistory\u27 is either oral or written. Whichever of these forms it assumes, one thing is clear; it brings to memory records of past or present events, places or situations. The question of two or more people experiencing the same or somewhat similar graphic imagery of oral or written history\u27 becomes pertinent. This situation is improbable. However, with the aid ofphotographs, the graphic representation of an event is frozen in time and space, thereby making it possible for a number of people to view the record of a past event that they may not have witnessed. With video, we can even hear voices and experience life in such events. Using pictures from old newspapers, published books and from private collections, this essay attempts a pictorial social, cultural and political history of the country. It also appraised the development of photography in Nigeria. This essay avers that photography is a veritable tool for documenting historical records for posterity and an endeavour that should be encouraged and communalised
Beyond science: traditional concept of preservation and biodiversity in Ghana: focus on two traditional areas in Central Region: Beyond science: traditional concept of preservation and biodiversity in Ghana: focus on two traditional areas in Central Region
No full textPresently, while some of these edifices are being preserved for various reasons, others are facing extinction due to diverse challenges. The study, underpinned by dimensions of indigenous knowledge and indigenous ecological knowledge frameworks within the paradigm of endogenous development, explores the beliefs and practices that have been used to preserve groves in three selected communities in the Central Region of Ghana. It also explores some of the benefits associated with the groves, and focuses on the intangible benefits to these communities. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions, as well as community institutional resource mapping and observation were used to collect data from chiefs, priests and elders. The results show that groves were owned and managed by either clans or communities, or both. Traditional sciences have been used to preserve these groves. Groves preserve community histories, ancestral and local knowledge. However, the breakdown of traditional values threatens the existence and preservation of such heritage
From the horse’s own mouth: Gender perception in some Akan and Ewe proverbs
No full textIssues about women have engaged the attention of many scholars over the years, especially in recent times. These issues span much of marginalization of women in national affairs, male dominance over women, sexual harassment and recently in Ghana domestic violence against women and children among others. Most of these have been analysed from various dimensions. The sociologists, the psychologists and the humanists have all touched on an aspect nor other of womanhood however trite it may seem. This paper is a contribution to the discussion on women. It invites the reader to look at the issue of women in two ethnic communities in Ghana - Akan and Ewe from the literary point of view, specifically from the proverbs that these communities have themselves formulated and been using about women. One cannot deny the fact that creative writers, both males andfemales have portrayed women from a point of view that has close relations with societal determinants. The sexuality of the Ghanaian woman in general and those in the two communities studied has been expressed in their proverbs. The analysis of the proverbs has some relations with the findings of some researchers concerning the old perceptions about the woman as a weakling who depends on the male for sustenance and her total wellbeing