TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of Indigenous traditional institutions in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
AU - Arkorful, Vincent Ekow
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022/1/2
Y1 - 2022/1/2
N2 - Indigenous traditional chieftaincy institutions in Ghana continue to gain recognition whilst wielding influence across socio-political divides. In this viewpoint essay, against the backdrop of the fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic, the author explores the potential roles of these institutions in fighting the pandemic. Particularly cognisant of their roles in Ghana’s transition from pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial, through independence to a democracy and its consolidation, this article argues that the existence of the chieftaincy institutions as change agents presents a wealth of opportunity to be harnessed for pandemic control, management, and containment.
AB - Indigenous traditional chieftaincy institutions in Ghana continue to gain recognition whilst wielding influence across socio-political divides. In this viewpoint essay, against the backdrop of the fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic, the author explores the potential roles of these institutions in fighting the pandemic. Particularly cognisant of their roles in Ghana’s transition from pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial, through independence to a democracy and its consolidation, this article argues that the existence of the chieftaincy institutions as change agents presents a wealth of opportunity to be harnessed for pandemic control, management, and containment.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Ghana
KW - chiefs and queens
KW - chieftaincy
KW - traditional institutions
UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/cdip/2022/00000032/00000001/art00011
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U2 - 10.1080/09614524.2021.2005542
DO - 10.1080/09614524.2021.2005542
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0961-4524
VL - 32
SP - 107
EP - 111
JO - Development in Practice
JF - Development in Practice
IS - 1
ER -