Preface
Introduction
D.I. Ray, T. Quinlan, K. Sharma, T.A.O. Clarke, with W. Donkoh, C. Owusu-Sarpong, M. Lekorwe, S. Vawda, S. Mikhize, M. Nyendu, R. Thornton, M. Molomo, P. Sithole, and K. Kgotleng
Chiefs as Development Agents: Ghanaian Pilot Study
Donald I. Ray and Gazelle Eizlini
Traditional Rulers as Partners in Health and Eudcation Delivery
Wilhelmina J. Donkoh
Building HIV/AIDS Competence in Ghana?Traditional Leadership and Shared Legitimacy: A Grassroots Community Intervention Best Model
Donald I. Ray and Sherri A. Brown
The Development and HIV/AIDS-Fighting Role of Traditional Rulers: Agency of Festivals
Wilhelmina J. Donkoh
Building AIDS Competence in Manya Krobo and the Role of the Manya Krobo Queen Mothers Association
Sherri Brown
From Calgary to Krobo and Back: How the IDRC Encouraged Grassroots Links between Canada and Ghana
Kimberly Schoon
The Predicament of the Akan ?Queenmother? (Ohemmaa)
Christine Owusu-Sarpong
Gender and Traditional Leadership in Botswana
Mogopodi H. Lekorwe
Governance Policy and Democracy: Reconstituting Traditional Authorities in the eThekwini Municipality (Durban), 1994-2003
Shahid Vawda
Gearing Up for Constructive Engagement: Traditional Authorities and the Predicament of the 2000 Local Governmental Elections in the Durban Region, South Africa
Sibongiseni Mkhize
Traditional Authorities and the Distinct Assemblies System: A. Case Study of the South Tongu District, Ghana
Morgan Nyendu
The Kgotla and Traditional Leadership in Botswana Mogopodi Lekorwe
"Traditional Authority" and Governance in the Emjidini Royal Swazi Chiefdom, Barberton, Mpumalanga
Robert Thornton
Widening the Democracy Debate: Bogosi and Ethnicity in Botswana
Mpho G. Molomo
The Role of the House of Cheifs (Ntlo ya Dikgosi) in Botswana
Keshav C. Sharma
The National House of Cheifs?Ghana
Kusi Ankara
The Role of Traditional Leaders in the Administration of Customary Courts in Botswana
Keshav C. Sharma
The Secular Dynamics of Traditional Leadership in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: The Decade of Active Political Transformation after Apartheid
Mpilo Pearl Sithole
Contesting the Political Meaning of Chieftaincies in the New South Africa
Kereng Daniel Lebogang
Wechiau Hippo Sanctuary: Contributions of Ghana?s Traditional Leaders to Partnership Successes with the Calgary Zoo, Canada
Brian Keating
Dikgosi and the Politics of Land in Botswana
Mpho G. Molomo
Conclusions
Donald I. Ray, Tim Quinlan, Keshav Sharma, and Tacita A. O. Clarke
Glossary
Notes on Contributors
Index
