Chiefs and Chieftaincy

Erwin Bulte, Paul Richards and Maarten Voors
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Paul Richards: Njala University
Maarten Voors: Wageningen University and Research

Chapter Chapter 5 in Institutions and Agrarian Development, 2018, pp 85-112 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Chieftaincy is a key institutional feature in Upper West Africa. We discuss how various levels of chiefs serve as brokers between all four of elementary institutional orderings. Especially, chieftaincy links the formal government hierarchy and the village enclave. We provide both a historical and contemporary account of chiefs and delve into their role in the success (or failure) of development projects, look at attempts to transform chieftaincy through attempts to make chiefs more inclusive and democratic, and their important role in helping communities cope with shocks, such as the Ebola virus crisis of 2014–2015.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-98500-8_5

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