Customary Conflict Resolutions In The Goffa Society

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The customary conflict resolutions system of the Goffa society is playing a very important role in resolving individual, family and ethnic conflicts. This traditional resolution mechanism resolves different type of disputes includes murder, theft, rap and the like. All ordinary people are not capable of settling any disputes arising out of every day walks of life in the society. This traditional conflict resolution mechanism benefits the Goffa society by preserving peace and order, by minimizing the burden of cases for local courts and ultimately by enhancing social life and mutual thrust among members. As the case is for almost all traditional societies of Africa, elders in Goffa society are respectful for their wonderful roles in passing …show more content…

Its roles are purification of sin and preventing drought, starvation and poverty. When these problems happened in the society, ‘Babbo’ or ‘Sagga’ calls the people to bring scarification and it is believed that the scarification will cure all the evils. ‘Koora’ is the place in the forest where the scarification is made and prayer to their god is undertaken. His blessing is adequate enough to shower all the territory, eradicate disease and preserve prosperity in the society. Members of the society have great fear and respect to the Babbo because of this his curse will bring severe illness and death on individuals, live stocks couldn’t reproduce and crop productivity will decrease. Therefore ‘Babbo’ is considered as “Palie’ or a medicine for all vices in the society. The people express their respect to him by giving the senior from live stocks and carry out all his tasks during the harvesting season before them. 'Chako-Awa-Nayta’ According to the informants the traditional leaders who belong to 'Chako-Awa-Nayta' are the head council of all the other kinds of leaders who are elected by the general assembly. In the tradition ‘Chako-Awa-Nayta’ is expected to take the right decision of traditional issues and should not commit any kind of injustice in the conflict settlement process. The traditional leader marked an oath when inherit the power from ancestor to perform its activities and in the views of society ‘Chako-awa-nayta’ is from the saint group. It is composed of racial groups from ‘Aracha’, ‘Zutuma’, ‘Makka’, and ‘Koggo’ lineages. 'Wuduga' &

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