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Item Social Change and Traditional Religious Worldviews: A Case Study of the Impact of Puberty Rights for Development Among the Logba(University of Ghana, 2014-11) Klu, F.K.Puberty rites were an essential part of the betrothal type of marriage practiced by the ethnic group of Logba of the Volta Region in the olden days. Ultimately, a girl who experienced her menses for the first time is confined to begin a week-long ritual involving instructions and tests of varied kinds. The climax is usually on a Thursday, when she is adorned and paraded through the village to announce her maturity. With many gifts from parents and well-wishers, she was sent to the husbands‟ house. Qualitative methods were to examine the reasons for the survival of puberty rites among the Logba and their developmental in the community. The rites were seen originally to be in conformity to the principles of liminality within which candidates were separated, left in a limbo to learn and then re-intergrated into the society as adults. The new rites as the study has shown, retains the former ideals but social change has shifted the focus on adult women‟s hard work and prosperity. Survival of the rites in the society mainly surrounds a felt need of the people to maintain their identity and to harness traditional values to unite and develop the tribe. Though visible, the developmental impacts are greatly affected by the economic hardships and corruption affecting the whole nation. The institution of puberty rites indicates that great potentials exist in our cultural values in which women can assist in rapidly developing the nation as has been done in South East Asian countries like Japan. It means government must involve women in the, Scientific, Technological and Innovation (STI) policies which have been put in place for development. Women must also be assisted in giving sound moral training of children at home to reduce escalating indiscipline and corruption in society.Item Placing Nana Susubribi Krobea Asante in the Context of Ghana’s History and Development 1933 - 2014(The University Of Ghana, 2016-04) Anti, S.; Odotei,I. K.; Ansah, M. A.; The University Of Ghana, College of Humanities, Institute of African StudiesBiographical works are essential ingredients in historical writing and interpretation. They essentially interrogate how a person’s life reflects the larger process during the person’s lifetime. Biographies of many prominent Ghanaians such as Kwame Nkrumah, K.A. Busia, J.B. Danquah, Kwegyir Aggrey, among others have been given tremendous attention in academic circles in Ghana. Various aspects of the lives of these people who played significant roles in the country’s history and development have been the subject of studies. One other person, in this researcher’s view whose life is worthy of study and emulation by young people is Nana Susubribi Krobea Asante, the Omanhene of Asokore Traditional Area, known in private life as Dr. S.K.B. Asante, an experienced international legal luminary and arbitrator. He has also played a prominent role in Ghana’s socioeconomic and political development. Nana Susubribi Krobea Asante was born during the colonial period and had his elementary school education during the Second World War. His secondary school education coincided with the nationalists struggle for independence in Ghana and Africa. He received his first degree at Ghana’s independence and became a state attorney in the first Republic when Ghana attained Republican status in 1960. He also served under the Second Republic and General Acheampong’s National Redemption Council as Solicitor General and Deputy Attorney General respectively. He again played a critical role in Ghana’s transition to democratic governance in the early 1990s by chairing the Committee of Experts that formulated proposals for the drafting of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana. This thesis therefore examines his life and career in the context of Ghana’s history and development. It seeks to write history from his life experiences as he lived it from 1933-2014. His academic achievements including publications on international and domestic law and his development efforts as the Omanhene of Asante Asokore, among others, as well as his personal reflections and views on issues of national development are also highlighted.