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Vol. 24 No 1 (2020): Revue africaine de sociologie

3 - The Scramble for the Partition of the Northern Region of Ghana: Conflict and the Quest for the Coterminality of Cultural and Political Boundaries

https://doi.org/10.57054/asr.v24i1.1727
M. H. A. Bolaji
Mohammed Adam Gariba
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9495-5363

Revue africaine de sociologie, Vol. 24 No 1 (2020): Revue africaine de sociologie

Résumé

La région du Nord était non seulement la plus grande région administrative du Ghana, mais elle représentait également près d’un tiers de la masse continentale du Ghana. Depuis 1960, il a été demandé à diverses circonscriptions de le diviser en deux ou plusieurs régions gérables pour un développement rapide. Finalement, le gouvernement du Nouveau Parti patriotique (NPP) a mis en place des mécanismes pour créer de nouvelles régions sur trois - y compris la région du Nord - des dix régions existantes. Alors que la Commission d’enquête (CoI) entamait ses consultations avec les autorités traditionnelles et d’autres parties prenantes, une brouille s’est ensuivie entre deux royaumes de la région du Nord d’alors pour s’assurer que leurs frontières culturelles coïncidaient avec les frontières politiques des régions à créer. Cet article diffuse les résultats d’un travail de recherche qualitative qui a eu lieu entre octobre 2017 et juin 2018 dans la région du Nord de l’époque, au Ghana. La recherche visait à enquêter sur la politique et les conflits qui ont accompagné la revendication de Dagbon et Gonja de la non-cession de leurs territoires aux nouvelles régions à créer. Après avoir établi l’interdépendance entre le territoire, la souveraineté et l’identité, l’étude révèle comment le conflit de la chefferie de Dagbon a façonné les différentes perspectives de la réorganisation régionale (RR) à Dagbon et comment la réorganisation régionale (RR) a revitalisé la question minoritaire au Gonjaland. S’appuyant sur l’autodétermination interne, il conclut par une note qui souligne l’importance des royaumes en ce qui concerne les territoires et leurs démarcations dans les États modernes d’Afrique.

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réorganisation régionale (RR) cloison coterminalité non-cession royaumes conflits Région du Nord
M. H. A. Bolaji, & Mohammed Adam Gariba. (2020). 3 - The Scramble for the Partition of the Northern Region of Ghana: Conflict and the Quest for the Coterminality of Cultural and Political Boundaries. Revue Africaine De Sociologie, 24(1), 75–104. https://doi.org/10.57054/asr.v24i1.1727
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Bibliographies de l'auteur

M. H. A. Bolaji

Department of Social, Political and Historical Studies (SPHS) University for Development Studies (UDS), Wa Campus, UWR, Ghana, Email: mhabolaji@hotmail.com; bganiy@uds.edu.gh;

 

Mohammed Adam Gariba

Registrar, Dagbon Traditional Council Northern Region, Ghana, Email: adam_gariba@yahoo.co.uk; mmbapai@gmail.com

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