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The Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) is Canada's largest independent administrative tribunal, responsible for making well-reasoned decisions on immigration and refugee matters efficiently, fairly and in accordance with the law. It consists of three divisions: the Refugee Protection Division; the Immigration Division; and the Immigration Appeal Division. The Refugee Protection Division decides claims for refugee protection made by people already in Canada. Website: www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/
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Ghana: Widowhood rites performed by the Akan people, particularly for chiefs and sub-chiefs; whether the widow has to marry the customary successor of the sub-chief and consequences for refusal (2004-2006)

12 July 2006 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Ghana : information sur les rites de veuvage pratiqués par le peuple akan, surtout en ce qui concerne les chefs et les sous-chefs; information indiquant si la veuve doit épouser le successeur coutumier du sous-chef et les conséquences qu'entraîne le refus (2004-2006)

12 July 2006 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Ghana: Information on fetish called Akwasi-Akwasi in the Akan tribe, including whether the position of the fetish priest is hereditary by eldest nephew upon the priest's death, and the consequences of refusing the position

3 May 2004 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Ghana : information sur un fétiche de la tribu Akan appelé Akwasi-Akwasi, y compris de l'information indiquant si la fonction de prêtre fétiche est héréditaire et transmise à l'aîné des neveux du prêtre après sa mort; information sur les conséquences liées à un refus de la fonction

3 May 2004 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Ghana: Succession of chiefs among the Akan, in particular, the Sunyani traditional area including the name of the current chief and how long he has been ruling

26 June 2001 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Ghana: Whether females can be appointed or ascend to the position of chief in the Asante (Asanti/Ashanti/Ashante) subgroup of the Akan, in particular the Aduana lineage; circumstances under which this could happen

1 September 2000 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Côte d'Ivoire: Marriage customs among Akan Christians, arrangements for the marriages of daughters, dowries, marriage ceremonies, age of marriage and exposure of educated women to forced marriages

1 December 1998 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Ghana: Information on the Akan custom of Asiwa and on whether a husband provides a dowry when he marries

1 August 1997 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Ghana: Information on the traditional customary inheritance of the Akan tribe regarding property, both realty and personalty, and whether the practice is different with the Akan of the Brong Ahafo region

1 August 1997 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Ghana: Information on whether the chief of Antoa, Nana Daasebre Yaw Kwarteng, died on 10 April 1994, on his successor, and on whether he has taken a wife; on the marriage customs of Akan chiefs, on whether a woman can refuse to become the stool wife, on the consequences of refusal and on whether state protection is available to women who refuse to become stool wives; and on the relationship of the chief of Antoa with the government

1 June 1996 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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