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chieftain

the head or leader of a tribe or clan

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Nana Benbuin accused some rival factions in the Chieftaincy dispute in the town, who he said, were in cahoots with some security personnel, especially the police, and who are doing all in their power to give him a bad name.

Galamseyers invade Enchi with 200 excavators, 600 Shangfans

A sense of belonging to a distinct community was transformed and reinvigorated through cultural practices such as rituals within the institution of chieftaincy. These sustained a sense of belonging to an Ewe community that straddled the international boundary.

'International chiefs': chieftaincy, rituals and the reproduction of transborder Ewe ethnic communities on the Ghana-Togo boundary

Sooko in Ife land falls under the three divisions of chieftaincy titles in Yorubaland which are lineage chief, town chief and honourary chief.

The complexity and ironic nature of Sooko in Ife praise poetry

But hasn't the Bugti chieftaincy not been its opulent beneficiary throughout?

Unrepentant charlatans

Muller finds in the Asante Indigenous Religion (AIR) an explanatory factor for the persistence of chieftaincy among the Asante people in Ghana.

Religion and Chieftaincy in Ghana: An Explanation of the Persistence of a Traditional Political Institution in West Africa

Mandla was chosen by his grandfather to inherit his traditional Thembu tribal chieftaincy seven years ago, but some of the family members think that he has brought them shame and they have cut him off from the family.

Upset family seeks to ban Nelson Mandela's grandson from funeral

Such a renaissance included the revival of traditional leadership in a post-apartheid context, although as Oomen points out, chieftaincy "bore a startling resemblance to past paradigms that formed the building blocks of indirect rule and apartheid polities" (p.

Oomen, Barbara. Chiefs in South Africa: Law, power and culture in the Post-Apartheid era

The prominent traditional ruler of the Benin kingdom in Nigeria was given the LAAP for "Leadership in African Chieftaincy", for his exemplary leadership that has brought honour and prestige to the chieftaincy institution in Africa.

Awards for Africa's great and good: Africa's sons and daughters, and other non-Africans, who have distinguished themselves and greatly contributed to the continent's development in various fields, have been honoured at a four-day award ceremony held in Ghana, reports Stephen Gyasi Jnr. Photos by Charles Acheampong

Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Ghana's Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture Alexander Asum-Ahensah said that his country is eager to further boost current cultural ties with Iran.

Ghana Seeking Further Cultural Ties with Iran

Prior to being colonized by the British, the people of modern Ghana had a system of leadership that was strongly rooted in the concept of chieftaincy.

Is chieftaincy the only form of leadership in Ghana?

At this time, the Kayan chieftaincy displayed, in a series of tableaux vivant, an imaginary narration of rice and divinely inspired authority as related to political power.

Anthropos: Rice, Death, and Chiefly Power in Central Borneo

"Therefore, the role Mr Blair played in helping us defeat the rebels entitles him to chieftaincy in Sierra Leone," he said.