Why there are still tribal heads in Africa and what has this to do with their religion?

Abstract

-This briefing outlines a Ph.D. project to find indigenous religious reasons of why - unlike in other African countries - thetraditional political institution (known as ‘chieftaincy’) among the Asante in Ghana has not been dismantled. Whereas previous researches have focused on legal, economic and political reasons for the persistence of chieftaincy among thiscultural group, this doctoral research focuses on the native belief or (in jargon) ‘Indigenous Religion’ of tribal heads (in jargon) ‘Traditional Authorities’ as a possible explanatory factor.