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De-internationalizing Hybrid Peace: State–Traditional Authority Collaboration and Conflict Resolution in Northern Ghana

In: Peace Studies for Sustainable Development in Africa

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  • Sebastian Angzoorokuu Paalo

    (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)

  • Abdul Karim Issifu

    (University of Eastern Finland)

Abstract

Debates on hybrid peace largely concentrate on “local-international” interactions compared to domestic hybrid orders. Besides, the literature on Ghana dichotomizes state and non-state peacemaking, obscuring knowledge on important “home-grown” hybrid peace. Drawing on the work of the “Committee of Eminent Chiefs,” a body set up to resolve the Dagbon conflict in the Northern region of Ghana, we illustrate how state–traditional authority interactions shape the efficacy of traditional African peace practice(s), and argue that intractable communal conflicts are likely to resolve if states create enabling environments for indigenous peacemaking. Consequently, we suggest further empirical investigations on localized hybridities in peace governance.

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  • Sebastian Angzoorokuu Paalo & Abdul Karim Issifu, 2022. "De-internationalizing Hybrid Peace: State–Traditional Authority Collaboration and Conflict Resolution in Northern Ghana," Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, in: Egon Spiegel & George Mutalemwa & Cheng Liu & Lester R. Kurtz (ed.), Peace Studies for Sustainable Development in Africa, pages 663-682, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aaechp:978-3-030-92474-4_49
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-92474-4_49
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