Property rights and conflict in Gomoa Nsuaem, Ghana’s central region
Date
2023
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Cogent Arts & Humanities
Abstract
This paper examines how contestation over property rights in Gomoa
Nsuaem created conflict between the Twidan and Agona royal lineages in the
community. The article employs archival, secondary and oral sources to critically
clarify that Odikro Otenyi Kwaku of Gomoa Nsuaem reinvented tradition to
satisfy his own parochial interests by selling off large tracts of Gomoa Nsuaem
land popularly known as Otopaako Lands belonging to the Twidan Clan to
Mankrado Kwaku Annor of the Agona clan as a result of his profligate and
lecherous lifestyle. Hence the indigenous concept of land ownership beneficial
for the entire clan was lost to the Twidan people.
Description
Research Article
Keywords
Property rights, land dispute;, land ownership, reinvention of tradition, Central Region, Ghana
Citation
To cite this article: Emmanuel Ababio Ofosu-Mensah (2023) Property rights and conflict in Gomoa Nsuaem, Ghana’s central region, Cogent Arts & Humanities, 10:1, 2223412, DOI: 10.1080/23311983.2023.2223412