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Title:The Kusasi-Mamprusi conflict in Bawku: a legacy of British colonial policy in Northern Ghana
Author:Longi, Felix Y.T.
Year:2014
Periodical:Ghana Studies (ISSN 1536-5514)
Volume:17
Pages:157-176
Language:English
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:Kusasi
Mamprusi
ethnic conflicts
ethnic relations
social history
Abstract:This paper examines the genesis of the Mamprusi-Kusasi conflict in Bawku (Ghana). It discusses the settlement histories of the two groups and their pre-colonial traditional political structures, the colonial intrusion and the changes made to the existing political structures and implications to Mamprusi-Kusasi relations. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]