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Title: | Religion and the politics of Fourth Republican elections in Ghana (1992, 1996) |
Author: | Dovlo, Elom |
Year: | 2006 |
Periodical: | The Ghana Bulletin of Theology (ISSN 0855-7942) |
Volume: | 1 |
Issue: | 1 |
Period: | July |
Pages: | 3-19 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Ghana West Africa |
Subjects: | religion politics elections politicians political parties Religion and politics Ghana--Politics and government |
Abstract: | Ghana has gone through presidential and parliamentary elections in 1992 and 1996. The election campaigns revealed the strong influence religion wields in Ghanaian people's political lives and preferences. It also became clear how politicians use and manipulate religion to attain political ends. This paper discusses issues that emerged during these elections, including the involvement and message of religious bodies for the electorate; the prominence given to the religious credentials of the presidential aspirants; the religious constituencies fought for; controversies over utterances relating to religion and religious groups; the use of religious imagery and songs during the campaigns; various ethical issues raised during the campaigns; appeal to traditional, supernatural and cultural avenues to ensure loyalty and victory as well as to resolve conflicts that were the marks of the 1996 elections in particular. Notes, ref., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |