The Chief: Ghana's Rich Asset, Heritage, and Alternative Source of Community Development: Reflections on the Ghana Chieftaincy System's Influence on the Local Community

The book, the Chief addresses an alternative source of authority that can be harnessed to help with community development. It is one of the nation's rich assets and heritage. He is the traditional ruler called the Chief or ‘Nana’. He has been in the organization of communal labour, promotion of socio-economic development and involved in maintaining peace and order and development of his area since pre-colonial times. The Chieftaincy institution is recognized and accorded its autonomy in the...