The role of Indigenous traditional institutions in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. Issue 1 (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Arkorful, Vincent Ekow
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 32:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 107
• Page End: 111
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- traditional institutions -- chieftaincy -- chiefs and queens -- Ghana; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2021.2005542
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Indigenous traditional chieftaincy institutions in Ghana continue to gain recognition whilst wielding influence across socio-political divides. In this viewpoint essay, against the backdrop of the fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic, the author explores the potential roles of these institutions in fighting the pandemic. Particularly cognisant of their roles in Ghana's transition from pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial, through independence to a democracy and its consolidation, this article argues that the existence of the chieftaincy institutions as change agents presents a wealth of opportunity to be harnessed for pandemic control, management, and containment.