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Title:Peacemaking in Ghana: lessons learnt, options for the future
Authors:Darkwa, LindaISNI
Attuquayefio, Philip
Yakohene, Afua
Year:2012
Pages:158
Language:English
City of publisher:Accra
Publisher:Imagine Communications Limited
ISBN:9988143869; 9789988143862
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:political conflicts
ethnic conflicts
conflict prevention
conflict resolution
peacebuilding
Abstract:This book contains chapters on a number of internal conflicts in Ghana. These conflicts have been relatively well contained through a combination of interventions and engagements by both governmental and non-governmental actors. The authors are looking for lessons in conflict prevention, management and resolution, that can be learnt from these examples. Contents: Peacemaking in Ghana: old conflicts, new dimensions (Linda Darkwa, Philip Attuquayefio, Afua Yakohene); Culture, religion and land: the conflict over the Ga Ban on drumming and noise-making (Philip Attuquayefio); Talking to the other: peacemaking in the Alavanyo-Nkonya conflict (Afua Yakohene); Beyond a drink, a fowl and a skin: peacemaking in the conflicts between the Konkomba and thier neighbours (Linda Darkwa); Enhancing peacemaking in Ghana: options for the future (Philip Attuquayefio, Linda Darkwa, Afua Yakohene). [ASC Leiden abstract]