Nugormesese : An Indigenous Basis of Social Capital in a West African Community
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The primary objective of this article is
to present nugormesese as an indigenous mechanism of social
capital in Buem-Kator, a farming community on the Ghana side
of the Ghana-Togo border area. The concept of social capital
will be minimally defined to refer to the capability of
social norms and customs to hold members of a group together
by effectively setting and facilitating the terms of their
relationships. Unlike physical capital (machineries, bank
accounts, etc.) and human capital (knowledge, skills, etc),
social capital is a relational factor or social resource
that sustainably facilitates collective action for achieving
mutually beneficial ends.
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CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, COCOA, COFFEE, COMMUNITIES, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, COURT SYSTEMS, CROPS, CULTIVATED LAND, EXPORT CROPS, FARM, FARMER, FARMERS, FARMING, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUNGER, INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, MIGRANT, MIGRANT GROUPS, MIGRANTS, NGOS, PHYSICAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL NORMS, SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA