Traditional Authority and Constitutional Democracy in Ghana: Rethinking Chiefs’ Power to Summon
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ndash; Gustav Mahler Introduction From time immemorial, chieftaincy has been at the heart of governance in Ghana. Chiefs were not only custodians of land and symbols of cultural heritage mdash;adorned in various designs of Kente cloth and surrounded by a bevy of wives mdash;but also arbiters of justice and social order.