Akan Deities as Agents of Conflict Resolution Mechanism in Ghana: Promises and Pitfalls

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Author(s): Seth Tweneboah (University of Education, Winneba, Ghana)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 16
Source title: Advancing Civil Justice Reform and Conflict Resolution in Africa and Asia: Comparative Analyses and Case Studies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Elijah Tukwariba Yin (University of Cape Coast, Ghana)and Nelson F. Kofie (Northern Virginia Community College, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7898-8.ch001

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Criminal Science & Corrections / Government and Law / Security & Forensics

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The chapter takes an integrative look at a largely neglected field of conflict resolution mechanism in Ghana: the extent to which belief in traditional deities both enhance and undercut justice delivery systems in society. It contends that through duabɔ (imprecation) there is an enduring influence of traditional deities as part of legal regulatory frameworks in society. The chapter, thus, uncovers the hidden resources of traditional deities as useful channels of conflict resolution. The chapter draws on proceedings from the Akan customary conflict resolution mechanism to demonstrate both the usefulness and challenges of traditional justice delivery method in contemporary Ghana and encourages the need for its modification to suit the needs of legal modernity. The chapter is the product of a qualitative analysis of empirical ethnographic material gathered from the everyday facts of Ghanaian religious communities and public domain.

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