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Letter from Clement to Ralph, MSS.1725
No full textAbstract: A letter from Clement to his brother Ralph, written from "Puehuehu," Hawaii, concerning business matters, February 13, 1885.Scope and Content Note: This collection consists of a single letter from Clement, no last name stated, to his brother Ralph, from "Puehuehu," which appears to be in Hawaii, dated February 13, 1885. The letter chiefly discusses business matters. The folder in which it was donated to the Special Collections library states that the author was a plantation owner, that Puehuehu is also known as Kohala, and that the letter's recipient was in England.Biographical/Historical Note: Hawaii businessman/plantation owner, 1885
Recollections of Clement C. Moore, author of "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Get PDFIncludes 2 poems by Clement C Moore, including "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Part of the Nancy H. Marshall Night before Christmas collection. Swem Library copy includes and undated letter about the book by Margaret N.C. Bradley, niece of the author
Competing Narratives of Post-independence Violence in Ghanaian Social Studies Textbooks, 1987 to 2010
No full textEthnicity in Electoral Politics in Ghana:Colonial Legacies and the Constitution as Determinants
No full textThis paper assesses political allegiances in Ghana, positioning its ethno-political divide into the historical contexts of institutional design and colonialism in Africa. It argues that whilst the colonial policy of Indirect Rule solidified ethnicity in Africa, post-colonial governments used it differently, with varying effects on institutional design and state-building. In concert with other constitutional provisions, Ghana’s Article 55 of 1992 Constitution has curtailed extreme ethnic politics through the limit it places on ethnicity in party politics. Whilst outlawing ethnicity in politics, the constitution provides other depoliticised outlets for expressing diversity, especially through decentralisation and legitimisation of chieftaincy institutions. Despite these safeguarding provisions, the Asantes and Ewes have consistently taken entrenched political positions since 1992, and this article explicates some of the drivers using longitudinal election results. It draws on institutional design complexities in multi-ethnic societies in Africa to propose lessons and convey implications for Ghana’s Fourth Republic Constitution
The crisis of leadership in minerals governance in Ghana:Could process leadership fill the void?
No full textThis article interrogates the governance of minerals mining using the lens of leadership and the case study of Ghana. Some experts estimate that small-scale mining accounted for the removal of 25 % of forest cover in Ghana's southwestern areas within the decade ending 2017, despite only accounting for a third of the country's gold production. Despite the centrality of minerals for Ghana's energy transition ambitions and recent alarm expressed by the government, civil society groups, and the international community about the pervasiveness of the crisis, it persists and afflicts environmental sustainability, health and livelihoods within the mining catchment areas. Using primary data from several interviews, digital ethnography, and observations, I depart from existing discourses that document the scope and impact of the crisis to quiz instead, the reasons behind the persistence of the ‘illegal’ small-scale mining despite availability of laws and public pronouncements by government and other stakeholders against it. The findings show that the absence of process-oriented leadership – that is, the predictable, accountable, and participatory leadership that reconciles the interests of the state and society – accounts for the persistence of small-scale and illegal mining. I propose the utilisation of the social license at the disposal of members of society as a bottom-up remedy to reverse this trend
Civil War in South Sudan:Is it a reflection of historical secessionist and natural resource wars in "Greater Sudan"?
No full textThis article argues that it is simplistic to attribute the recent civil war in South Sudan to the presence and exploration of crude oil in that country. It links the civil war in South Sudan to the systematic marginalization of the African populations of the Greater Sudan that was initiated by the Southern Policy of the British colonial government in the 1920s and the inability of the new government of South Sudan to address grievances among its citizens. The uncoordinated abrogation of the Southern Policy, the failure of the colonial and postcolonial governments of Greater Sudan to prioritize development of the South, and the unwillingness of successive governments to unconditionally integrate the South into the Sudan polity led to the initiation of a secession agenda that was eventually realized through a referendum in 2011. This north–south tension overshadowed pertinent grievances among southerners that were never addressed by the new government of South Sudan, feeding on political disagreements two years after independence. Using geographical proximity and resource lootability theories, this article shows that the resource-curse theories explain only part of the problem
Reframing the Resource Curse Discourse in Ghana Using Political Theory Analysis
No full textA thesis submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
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Beyond geopolitics: Social license and supply chain risks of critical minerals
No full textThis paper interrogates the concept of criticality in critical minerals, particularly as it pertains to the global supply chains essential for renewable energy and clean technologies. It begins by questioning whose interests define mineral criticality, noting that dominant perspectives (i.e., industry, state, and geopolitics) often marginalize sub-national concerns. A fourth dimension, the role of communities and the presence or absence of social license to operate, is widely studied in mining literature but rarely integrated into criticality assessments. Drawing on qualitative data and a case study of Ghana's emerging lithium sector, the paper reframes criticality to include sub-national social dynamics and offers a critical reflection on how social license functions as a risk factor in critical minerals governance. The findings reveal that delays in legal processes, exclusion from decision-making, and inadequate compensation disrupt livelihoods and heighten tensions in lithium-rich communities. These dynamics elevate the risk of social conflict, which in turn increases the cost of conflict for both state and companies. The paper argues that effective risk governance must embed principles of Free, Prior and Informed Consent, equitable beneficiation, and sustained community engagement. Social license to operate is not a static condition but a dynamic process that can be withdrawn, with significant implications for project timelines, reputational risk, investor confidence, and supply chains risks. As global competition intensifies over access to strategic minerals, the governance of mining sites in the Global South becomes important for supply chain assurance. The findings underscore the importance of integrating social dimensions into global criticality frameworks
Ghana's National Energy Transition Framework:Domestic aspirations and mistrust in international relations complicate 'justice and equity'
No full textThis paper draws on a new global framework for energy justice – a fair distribution of decision making, representation, the costs, and benefits of energy services across time and space – to interrogate Ghana's National Energy Transition (NET) framework. It examines the government's justifications for not prioritizing green energy and for moving slowly towards net zero emission target of 2070. Whereas domestic energy justice considerations such as accessibility and affordability drive Ghana's framework, this paper finds a maze of other factors too. Using a thematic analysis of four main data sources (interviews, news items, Living Standards Surveys, and policy documents), the paper finds that the quagmire of economic considerations, global politics, and unresolved national and historical grievances interfere with objectivity of energy transition discourses, which also clouds the obvious inconsistency between policy and practice of energy services. The government's business-as-usual posture cannot achieve the NET targets, but attitudes can change if western countries and major emitters can demonstrate goodwill and objectivity in terms of policy and practice around climate action and energy transitions. The energy transition scenario in Ghana has some legitimacy from the country's policy and intellectual communities and is a microcosm of the wider tensions about energy justice and equity between the global north and south. The finalisation of Ghana's NET framework provides a policy framework for planning towards net zero, and although it's 2070 target doesn't show urgency, it offers the regulatory environment for international development partners to engage and contribute meaningfully to the country's energy transition
Time on hold:Justice, governance, and the politics of transitions in critical mineral frontiers
Get PDFThis paper examines the concept of temporal justice in the governance of critical minerals, focusing on the period between mineral discovery and the onset of mining. Drawing on qualitative data from fieldwork in the lithium-rich communities of Ewoyaa, Krampa Krom, and Krofu in Ghana’s Mfantsiman municipality, the study examines how time becomes a contested dimension of just transitions. The analysis reveals that the interim period, often marked by legal ambiguities, delayed compensation, and exclusion from decision-making, produces a state of temporal suspension for affected communities. Livelihoods are disrupted, social life is put on hold, and the future becomes uncertain, yet these temporal losses are rarely acknowledged or compensated. The paper argues that this 'freezing of time' constitutes a form of distributive, procedural, and recognition injustice, with long-term implications for community well-being and trust in governance. By foregrounding temporality as a critical lens, the study contributes to our understanding of transition governance and the intersections of the spatial and temporal. It also contributes to emerging debates on just transitions and critical minerals governance, emphasising the need to account for time not only as a resource but as a right. The findings call for governance frameworks that recognise and remediate temporal harms, particularly in the Global South, where communities are often rendered passive in the face of extractive timelines driven by global demand
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