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' &
Fariha Fawziah | Chapter Three In chapter three, the books A People’s History of the United States and A Young People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn provides a different historical viewpoint that is more descriptive and gives more insight than the textbook American History: A Survey by Alan Brinkley. The Zinn books additionally displayed the perspective from the indigenous peoples like Arawaks and the African blacks, the ones that faced prejudice and oppression in history, this can change one’s point of view on previous concepts on specific events or even a person.
(Johnson 1999) Hook brings a cultural study of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians of Texas. He brings the importance of personal and communal ethic identity in the American Indian world. He also show how contact with non-Indians has affected the Alabama-Coushatta ethnicity by examining four different historical periods. He covers real issue that the Alabama-Coushatta had to endure through and still are pushing through today.
The book “The Road on Which We Came, by Steven J. Crum is a chronological report of the Shoshone peoples, and their history during the times from the Frontier to present-day. The main objective of Crum’s writings is the disposition of the Western Shoshone people. Unlike the majority of other Tribes, forgotten in history books as they assimilated into white society, the Western Shoshone have preserved their existence by cautiously dealing with settlers, defending their territory, and maintaining a large portion of their lands. From the initial mid-nineteenth century white contact, Crum describes the disruption of a way of life for the Newe, to the accepted need to adapt in the large modern society around them. The depiction of the Newe people as resilient and resourceful in the fight to preserve their culture and tradition, all while adapting to the forcefully changing environment around them (Crum, pp.
But I am the only person in my village…” (315). Nayeli’s strong leadership is valued by her fellow comrades because she encouraged them to be strong when they started to feel
Some even suggest that we go to his schools and his churches. They say if we learn his language, we can beat him with his own words” (122). The chiefs that oppose Mountain Chief's argument show that they are impacted by the whites, and should change their traditional ways to assimilate with the Napikwan. By assimilating, they could protect their traditions and land from the Napikwan’s
The authenticity of these age-old values and customs is also questioned by a few. He then further elaborates on the lack of research that exists to accompany these claims and how his book aims to shed some light upon the said issues to offer an insight into the place of the Hopi customs and traditions as perceived by the Hopi jurists, litigants, lawyers, judges and other personnel involved in Hopi’s conflict resolution
A Separate Peace, Unit Test Hamza Eldohiri The story “A Separate Peace”, written by John Knowles, was written at the time and takes place during World War II when battles and conflicts amongst nations were evident. Each nation involved struggled and fought their hardest in order to satisfy the good of their nation. Not only is the setting in the story taking place during this time of quarrel, the story also demonstrates areas of self-conflict and an internal battle throughout. The characters in “A Separate Peace”, are described as experiencing this self-conflicting, internal battle. Gene (also the narrator) is specifically depicted as he goes through his battle in life.
Introduction I am currently enrolled as a member of The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and chose this essay topic to further explore my family’s background. My great-great grandma, Ora Marguerite McLellan, was born on December 27, 1904, and is listed on the Final Dawes Roll as number 554. She is listed as Choctaw by blood and was added to the Dawes Rolls as a newborn. My father, who is Native American and lives in Oklahoma, doesn’t have much knowledge or insight about our family or the trials they experienced. I felt compelled to discover more about my ancestors by completing this research paper and educating myself on Native American history.
It is important to understand that Noongar people are the traditional
In the mid-nineteenth century, a girl named Ni-bo-wi-se-gwe (Oona) was born in pitch darkness in the middle of the day when the sun and moon crossed paths. The book Night Flying Woman by Ignatia Broker is the biography of Broker’s great-great-grandmother, Oona. It describes Oona’s life through what Broker has learned from her grandparents when they passed down the stories. In the book, one of the main themes is passing traditions on. I chose this theme because, in the book, passing traditions on is a major part of the characters’ culture.
And they use those teachings on everything they do and use in their daily lives. No matter the race, and elder can teach people of any age many numerous things. Even though Garnet was learning more from his teacher, Keeper was also learning from him. One teaching no one should ever forget is their tradition. Each tradition of any race, can teach so much things to their people.
A Long Way Gone Forest fires engulf tall rows of trees, turning green leaves and the homes of animals into ashes. Although fires leave a destructive trail of darkened groves, they create a chance for new life to develop. Nutrients find their way through the ashes into new soil, a new life begins to flourish, and old wreckages create new homes. Ishmael Beah, the author of ‘A Long Way Gone’, tells his readers his story that one man could never forget; new opportunities and chances for a better life often flourish in the ashes created from past challenges. The book ‘a long way gone’ is based on true events experienced by the author.
Theoretical Framework: Conflict Perspective: Conflict perspective focuses their attention on society as a whole. Conflict theorists see society as in a continuous sate of conflict between groups and classes. He struggle for power and income is a continuous process but one in which many categories of people appear as opponents-classes, races, nationalities and even the sexes. Society is held together through the power of dominant groups or classes. The shared values, which functionalist see as glue for holding society together, do no realty form rue consensus; instead this is an artificial consensus in which the dominant groups or classes impose their values and rules upon rest of the people.
Effective leaders must learn to embrace conflict because it is an inexorable part of human interactions and without intervention, it seldom finds its own productive solutions (Myatt, 2012). The failure to address conflict early on will likely lead to workplace acrimony, disengagement and poor communication and cooperation (Myatt, 2012). The story of the conflict between Cindy and Dr. Jones is an excellent case to analyze the elements of conflict and conflict management.
Conflicts A conflict is a situation where two or more people have different opinions and then that people enter into a discussion to put their opinions in order and to see the different points of views. The conflicts have always existed and have always been an important part of the humans to have a good communication. Conflicts are resolved differently. Many people resolve their problems in a way and other people in a different way.