Integrating Asafo Companies for Sustainable Ocean and Coastal Heritage Management in Ghana
African intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is a rich resource for identity, community and sociality. Heritage institutions such as the Asafo companies in Ghana, are traditional warrior groups that historically defended the state. Today, they are critical to coastal heritage management processes. Th...
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African intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is a rich resource for identity, community and sociality. Heritage institutions such as the Asafo
companies in Ghana, are traditional warrior groups that historically defended the state. Today, they are critical to coastal heritage management processes. This article reveals their contribution and argues that, while Asafo groups desire greater inclusion in heritage management, the national government of Ghana seeks to decentralize ocean governance processes. But, Asafo companies are complex groupings in which identity and “place,” matter. The article concludes that for a decolonial and sustainable ocean heritage management, the national government of Ghana needs to engage with Asafo companies to better understand them. In doing, so, the government will be better placed to support both a decolonial heritage conservation and ocean sustainability.
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| spelling | doaj-art-42d04c07e2874c7aa38a34681cd9b9c02025-02-11T19:54:19ZengUniversity of Hradec KrálovéModern Africa2336-32742570-75582025-02-0112210.26806/modafr.v12i2.572Integrating Asafo Companies for Sustainable Ocean and Coastal Heritage Management in GhanaJohn Windie Ansah0Georgina Yaa Oduro1Rosabelle Boswell2Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Cape Coast GhanaDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Cape Coast, GhanaCoastal and Marine Research Institute, Ocean Sciences Campus, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa African intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is a rich resource for identity, community and sociality. Heritage institutions such as the Asafo companies in Ghana, are traditional warrior groups that historically defended the state. Today, they are critical to coastal heritage management processes. This article reveals their contribution and argues that, while Asafo groups desire greater inclusion in heritage management, the national government of Ghana seeks to decentralize ocean governance processes. But, Asafo companies are complex groupings in which identity and “place,” matter. The article concludes that for a decolonial and sustainable ocean heritage management, the national government of Ghana needs to engage with Asafo companies to better understand them. In doing, so, the government will be better placed to support both a decolonial heritage conservation and ocean sustainability. https://journals.uhk.cz/modernafrica/article/view/572cultural heritagesustainable fisheriescultural identityocean careocean management |
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| title | Integrating Asafo Companies for Sustainable Ocean and Coastal Heritage Management in Ghana |
| title_full | Integrating Asafo Companies for Sustainable Ocean and Coastal Heritage Management in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Integrating Asafo Companies for Sustainable Ocean and Coastal Heritage Management in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrating Asafo Companies for Sustainable Ocean and Coastal Heritage Management in Ghana |
| title_short | Integrating Asafo Companies for Sustainable Ocean and Coastal Heritage Management in Ghana |
| title_sort | integrating asafo companies for sustainable ocean and coastal heritage management in ghana |
| topic | cultural heritage sustainable fisheries cultural identity ocean care ocean management |
| url | https://journals.uhk.cz/modernafrica/article/view/572 |
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