Local Aspirants and Politicised Chieftaincy Disputes: Evidence from Northern Ghana

Why do politicians intervene in some chieftaincy succession disputes but not others? The key actors and their motivations in these processes remain understudied. In this article I leverage a comparative analysis of two similar chieftaincy disputes in Ghana's Upper West Region, and develop induc...

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Main Author: Xiran Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2025-04-01
Series:Africa Spectrum
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/00020397241271303
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