UGRC 228 — Introduction to African Studies/Chieftaincy and Development
University-Wide Required Courses (UGRC) · University of Ghana
Course Description Chieftaincy is about the best known and the most cherished institution in most parts of Africa, yet very few people are conversant with its internal workings. This course provides students with a general overview of the chieftaincy institution and its relationship to development in Africa. It also examines how the Chieftaincy institution changed through time. The course will empower students with analytical skills that would enable them understand how chiefs function in their communities and how they adapt themselves to the modern dynamics of political state formation in Africa.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 200
Other courses on this programme
- UGRC 221 — Introduction to African Studies/African Art, its Philosophy and
- UGRC 222 — Introduction to African Studies/ Africa in the Contemporary World
- UGRC 223 — Introduction to African Studies/ Africa and the Diaspora
- UGRC 224 — Introduction to African Studies/African Popular Culture: Traditional
- UGRC 225 — Introduction to African Studies/African Dance
- UGRC 226 — Introduction to African Studies/African Drama
- UGRC 227 — Introduction to African Studies/African Music
- UGRC 229 — Introduction to African Studies/ Culture and Development
- UGRC 230 — Introduction to African Studies/ Gender and Culture in Africa
- UGRC 231 — Introduction to African Studies/Gender and Development
- UGRC 232 — Introduction to African Studies/Issues in Africa’s Population
- UGRC 233 — Introduction to African Studies/Our African Heritage through
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).