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Participation of chiefs in decentralised local governance in Ghana
Published 2022-05-01“…Options proposed include reserving for chiefs the 30% of DA seats currently nominated by the president; appointing paramount chiefs as ceremonial heads of the DAs with the right of address; or ceding some of the non-representation functions of elected DA members to chiefs in order to support local democracy and development. …”
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An Insight to the Composition of Pre-Hispanic Mayan Funerary Pigments by <sup>1</sup>H-NMR Analysis
Published 2021-05-01“…The <sup>1</sup>H-NMR analysis also allowed to rule out the presence of copal, a resin found in the pigment cover from paramount chiefs from the Mayan society. Additionally, a protocol for the extraction of the organic fraction from the bone segment without visible signs of analysis was developed, thus broadening the techniques available to investigate these valuable samples.…”
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Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone
Published 2015“…We study the effect of constraints on chiefs' power on economic outcomes, citizens' attitudes, and social capital. A paramount chief in Sierra Leone must come from a ruling family originally recognized by British colonial authorities. …”
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La frontière : contrainte ou ressource pour l’individu ? Le « pari romantique » des pionniers de la Société des missions évangéliques de Paris, de « l’humanisation » à « l’humanita...
“…The adventure of the pioneers envisaged as romantic, the politic role and the figure of paramount chief Moshoeshoe, and the symbolic dimension of named, converted persons, were favourite approaches to describe these variations as tangles, overtaking, bypass, or diversions. …”
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Firearms and Political Power
Published 2001-12-01“…Before the nineteenth century, the Turkana had a large army and commanded such great respect among their pastoral neighbours that they always provided the paramount chief. Their army was tailored for pastoral raids and predatory expansion that suited their social and physical environment. …”
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The World of African Storytelling
Published 2009-12-01“…What dines with an oba (paramount chief of a community) and leaves him to clear the dishes? …”
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The World of African Storytelling
Published 2009-12-01“…What dines with an oba (paramount chief of a community) and leaves him to clear the dishes? …”
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The Implications of the Odwira Festival for Christianity and Christian Mission in Okuapeman
Published 2020-06-01“…Since 1826, the Akuapem people of Ghana have annually celebrated the festival known as the Okuapehene Dwira (the Odwira of the paramount chief of Akuapem), Odwira for short. The paper examines the spiritual significance of the festival for the people. …”
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Negotiating Identities and Power
Published 2020-12-01“…In addition to this, a key informant interview was conducted with a community leader who is traditionally recognized as paramount chief (n=1). The data was analysed using a content analysis. …”
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Indigenous resistance to German rule in the Pacific colonies of Samoa, Ponape and New Guinea, 1884 to 1914
Published 1974“…The Samoan district factions often encouraged this conflict in an effort to have their various candidates recognized as the paramount chief of the Samoan Islands, but they were also capable of offering solid opposition when Europeans interfered in their political affairs above certain limits. …”
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