ISBN : 2738485138
STOOL LAND AND FAMILY LAND - A case in Western Nzema ( Ghana )
Mariano Pavanello
case of " trespass " discussed before an arbitration committee of the Western Nzema Traditional CounciP gives the opportunity to gain a particular insight into akan customary land tenure system, and politicojuridical relations between Stool and family rights on land. The case was discussed and judged in Beyin, the traditional capital town of Jomor02 ( Western Nzema ), during December 1993 and January 1994, by a committee presided by the Omanhene Awulae Annor Adjaye 1113and composed of a number of local Chiefs and elders.