Tema Traditional Council

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Tema Traditional Council is the traditional authority of the Ga people in the Tema area of Ghana, overseeing customary governance, culture, and chieftaincy affairs.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tema Traditional Council canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chieftaincy institution ⓘ
Customary authority ⓘ
Traditional council ⓘ
associatedWithCity Tema ⓘ
ceremonialFunction organization of traditional festivals in Tema area ⓘ
performance of traditional rites and rituals ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
cooperatesWith Tema Metropolitan Assembly ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
culturalEventInvolvement Homowo celebrations in the Tema area ⓘ
culturalHeritage Ga customs ⓘ
Ga-Dangme heritage ⓘ
ethnicGroupRepresented Ga people ⓘ
Ga-Dangme ⓘ
function endorsement of community development initiatives ⓘ
maintenance of traditional leadership hierarchy ⓘ
mediation in land and boundary disputes ⓘ
governanceStructure council of chiefs and elders ⓘ
governs Ga communities in and around Tema ⓘ
governsTypeOfArea urban traditional area ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver sub-chiefs in the Tema traditional area ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Tema traditional area ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle Tema Mantse ⓘ
languageOfAdministration English ⓘ
Ga ⓘ
legalBasis Chieftaincy Act of Ghana ⓘ
locatedIn Tema ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Greater Accra Region ⓘ
oversees chieftaincy affairs in the Tema area ⓘ
customary governance in the Tema area ⓘ
traditional cultural practices in the Tema area ⓘ
partOf Ghanaian chieftaincy system ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of Ghana ⓘ
National House of Chiefs (Ghana) ⓘ
region Greater Accra Region ⓘ
religiousAndCulturalRole protection of sacred sites and shrines in the Tema area ⓘ
role advising state authorities on traditional matters in Tema ⓘ
custodianship of stool lands ⓘ
installation and destoolment of chiefs ⓘ
preservation of Ga customs and traditions ⓘ
settlement of customary disputes ⓘ
subjectTo National House of Chiefs regulations ⓘ
traditionalRegion Ga State ⓘ
typeOfLawApplied customary law ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tema (Ga) → governedBy → Tema Traditional Council ⓘ