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Continuing in the shadows of colonialism: The educational experiences of the African Child in Ghana

Adzahlie-Mensah V.; Dunne M. (University of Pretoria, 2018)

In this paper, we draw on a recent ethnographic study in a rural primary school to illustrate the ways that vestiges of colonialism remain deeply imbricated in contemporary schooling in Ghana. In reference to the history ...
Religion, law, politics and the state in Africa: Applying legal pluralism in Ghana

Tweneboah S. (Taylor and Francis, 2019)

Applying a legal pluralist framework, this study examines the complex interrelationships between religion, law and politics in contemporary Ghana, a professedly secular State characterised by high levels of religiosity. ...
Religion, Law, and Politics in Ghana: Duab (Imprecation) as Spiritual Justice in the Public Sphere

Tweneboah S. (Brill Nijhoff, 2021)

This paper examines the reasons for and consequences of the resort to traditional spiritual justice in spite of increasing awareness of state civil law structures. The paper helps us theorise on how economic disputes ...
You Have a Lot to Answer For: Human Rights, Matriliny, and the Mediation of Family Conflicts at the Department of Social Welfare in Ghana

Salifu J. (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2021)

Scholars have argued that the implementation of legal reforms in African settings has largely failed because of the persistence of norms and values that privilege collective interests over individual rights. With a focus ...

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