ABSTRACT

Debates on hybrid peace largely concentrate on ‘local-international’ interactions compared to domestic hybrid orders. Besides, the literature on Ghana dichotomises state and non-state peacemaking, obscuring knowledge on important ‘home-grown’ hybrid peace. Drawing on the work of the ‘Committee of Eminent Chiefs’, a body set up to resolve the Dagbon conflict in the Northern region of Ghana, we illustrate how state-traditional authority interactions shape the efficacy of traditional African peace practice(s), and argue that intractable communal conflicts are likely to resolve if states create enabling environments for indigenous peacemaking. Consequently, we suggest further empirical investigations on localised hybridities in peace governance.

摘要

与国内混合秩序相比，关于混合和平的争论主要集中在“本地-国际”互动上。此外，关于加纳的文献将国家和非国家调解分为两部分，掩盖了重要的“本土”混合和平的知识。借鉴为解决加纳北部地区达邦冲突而设立的机构“杰出酋长委员会”的工作，我们说明了国家与传统权威的互动如何影响传统非洲和平实践的效力，以及争辩说，如果国家为土著建立和平创造有利的环境，则棘手的社区冲突可能会得到解决。因此，我们建议对和平治理中的局部混合进行进一步的实证研究。