Reinventing African Chieftaincy in the Age of AIDS, Gender, Governance, and Development

Table of contents

• Reinventing African Chieftaincy i
• Africa- Missing Voices Series ii
• Title Page iii
• Table of Contents vii
• Preface xi
• References xv
• Acknowledgments xvii
• 1- Introduction 1
• 2- Chiefs as Development Agents- Ghanaian Pilot Study 35
• 3- Traditonal Rulers as Partners in Health and Education Delivery 61
• 4- Building HIV/AIDS Competence in Ghana – Traditional Leadership and Shared Legitimacy- A Grassroots Community Intervention Best Practices Model 89
• 5- The Developmental and HIV/AIDS-Fighting Roles of Traditional Rulers- Agency of Festivals 121
• 6- Building AIDS Competence in Manya Krobo and the Role of the Manya Krobo Queen Mothers Association 149
• 7- From Calgary to Krobo and Back- How the Idrc Encouraged Grassroots Links between Canada and Ghana 193
• 8- The Predicament of the Akan [Queenmother] (Ohemmaa) 201
• 9- Gender and Traditional Leadership in Botswana 249
• 10- Governance Policy and Democracy- Reconstituting Traditional Authorities in the Ethekwini Municipality (Durban), 1994–2003 267
• 11- Gearing Up for Constructive Engagement- Traditional Authorities and the Predicament of the 2000 Local Government Elections in the Durban Region, South Africa 325
• 12- Traditional Authorities and the District Assemblies System- A Case Study of the South Tongu District, Ghana 351
• 13- The Kgotla and Traditional Leadership in Botswana 383
• 14- [Traditional Authority] and Governance in the Emjindini Royal Swazi Chiefdom, Barberton, Mpumalanga 403
• 15- Widening the Democracy Debate- Bogosi and Ethnicity in Botswana 433
• 16- The Role of the House of Chiefs (Ntlo Ya Dikgosi) in Botswana 469
• 17- The National House of Chiefs – Ghana 499
• 18- The Role of Traditional Leaders in the Administration of Customary Courts in Botswana 517
• 19- The Secular Dynamics of Traditional Leadership in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa- The Decade of Active Political Transformation after Apartheid 541
• 20- Contesting the Political Meaning of Chieftaincies in the New South Africa 565
• 21- Wechiau Hippo Sanctuary- Contributions of Ghana's Traditional Leaders to Partnership Success with the Calgary Zoo, Canada 591
• 22- Dikgosi and the Politics of Land in Botswana 619
• 23- Conclusions 651
• Glossary 661
• Notes on Contributors 669
• Index 673

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