The Sacred Nature of the Akan Chief and its Implications for Tradition, Modernity and Religious Human Rights in Ghana
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- 2012-03-30
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This study explored the interface between the abuses inherent in the sacred nature of the Akan (a Ghanaian ethnic group) Chief and international human rights laws. It argued that the sacred basis of Akan Chieftaincy, which empowers and legitimizes Akan Chiefs, also leads to them imposing restrictions on the rights of their subjects. The study examined the implications of these restrictions in the light of a rapidly modernizing, thoroughly globalizing, and a religiously pluralistic Ghana where the influence of western originated belief in individual rights is growing. The study also explored why, in spite of the many existing Constitutional and legal provisions in Ghana, breaches of religious freedom still occur. It shed considerable light on how agents of the modern state and the Chiefs, connive to sometimes suppress the rights of individuals. The study identified the implications of this development for policymaking in Ghanaian communities where modernity and tradition co-exist.
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Tweneboah, Seth
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- Florida International University Libraries
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- Tweneboah, Seth. The Sacred Nature of the Akan Chief and its Implications for Tradition, Modernity and Religious Human Rights in Ghana. 2012-03-30. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/590. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- Tweneboah, Seth, (2012-03-30) The Sacred Nature of the Akan Chief and its Implications for Tradition, Modernity and Religious Human Rights in Ghana. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/590
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- Tweneboah, Seth. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/590>.