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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 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

Ghana: Update to Response to Information Request GHA24282.E of 12 June 1996 on the chief of Antoa, on chieftaincy among the Akan, especially on marriage customs, and on protection for a woman who refuses to marry the chief

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

Ghana: Information on whether marriage partners are chosen for Akan women, and if so, the consequences if the woman refuses, and on inter-religious marriages in general

1 April 1995 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Ghana: Information on the person that succeeded Nana Kwaku Duah (an Akan traditional chief) of the Bonwire Region after his death in May 1993, and whether it is the tradition among Akans that the nephew succeeds the deceased chief

1 May 1994 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Ghana: Information on the customs of the Akan Brong Ahafo tribe in the Jaman district regarding chieftaincy, the severing of human heads, and the consequences of refusing to become chief

1 January 1992 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Ghana: Information on treatment of members of the Akan tribe by the government

1 January 1990 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Information on the killing of Sri Lankan Navy officials by the LTTE on 4 July 1984 in Shanty Akan, Polikandy, Velvettiturai

1 November 1989 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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