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Joshua Awienagua Gariba

SENIOR LECTURER

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Ghana, Legon Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
Land ConflictsYouth agencyautochthony and politics of otheringIntersection between Traditional
Publications

22

Citations

67

H-index

5

i10-index

1

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
3.0
Most cited paper
16
First publication year
2015
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 09:42
Publications

22 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
The role of religion in transforming Ghanaian society: A Christian perspective
EO Wiafe, JA Gariba
2023 E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies 9 (2), 60-71, 2023 Humanities 16
Land Struggle, Power and The Challenges of Belonging. The Evolution and Dynamics of the Nkonya-Alavanyo Land Dispute in Ghana.
J Gariba, F De Boeck, A Cassiman
2015 Social Sciences 8
Appropriating land, worldviews, and spiritual navigation: The dynamics and praxis of everyday life in the Alavanyo-Nkonya land dispute in Ghana
GJ Awienagua
2017 Anthropos, 583-596, 2017 Social Sciences 6
Syncretism and Inculturation.: The Encounter Between Christian Theology and Ghanaian Religious Culture
JA Gariba, BK Assenyoh
2023 Ghana Journal of Religion and Theology 13 (1), 5-22, 2023 Humanities 5
Measures and narratives of the nature, causes and consequences of violent assaults and risk percep- tion of psychiatric hospitals in Ghana: Mental Health workers’ perspectives
RA Atinga, DL Yarney, SK Mort, JAGJS Yendork
2021 International Journal of Mental Health Nursing,, 1-12, 2021 Health Sciences 5
The Nkonya-Alavanyo Land Dispute in Ghana: Land struggle, Power and the Challenges of Belonging
AJ Gariba
2017 Social Sciences 5
Land struggle, power and the challenges of belonging
JA Gariba
2015 The Evolution and Dynamics of the Nkonya-Alavanyo Land Dispute in Ghana, 2015 Social Sciences 5
Youth and social navigation in the Alavanyo and Nkonya land conflict in Ghana
JA Gariba
2023 Nordic Journal of African Studies 32 (1), 50-65, 2023 Social Sciences 4
Naam making in Dagbon and the legitimation of traditional authority
AS Anamzoya, J Gariba
2022 Open Journal of Social Sciences 10 (12), 597-613, 2022 Social Sciences 3
Resolving Chieftaincy Conflicts through Intercultural Dialogue: The Case of Bawku Interethnic Peace Committee in Northern Ghana
JA Gariba, S Ibrahim
2024 Contemporary Journal of African Studies 11 (2), 1-39, 2024 Social Sciences 2
Owners versus Strangers: The Land Conflict Between the People of Alavanyo and Nkonya and the Practice of Othering
JA Gariba
2021 Ghana Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (GJSA) 7, 1-24, 2021 Social Sciences 2
Contestations, Forest Resources and the Politics of Boundaries: The Evolution and Dynamics of the Nkonya-Alavanyo Land Dispute in Ghana
JA Gariba
2015 Legon Journal of Sociology 5, 33-58, 2015 Social Sciences 2
Custom and Commodification: The Role of Earth Priests, Family Heads, Chiefs and Youth in Land Administration Among the Bulsa of Northern Ghana
JA Gariba
2024 Ghana Journal of Geography 16 (2), 95-100, 2024 Social Sciences 1
Dealing with Death (and the Departed): The Changing Face of Funerary Rites among the Bulsa of Northern Ghana
JA Gariba
2024 Anthropos 119 (1), 103-114, 2024 Social Sciences 1
Ghana’s resilience to terrorism: Costly signalling of terrorist groups or strength of counter terrorism strategy?
S Ibrahim, J Gariba
2024 Ghana Social Science Journal 21 (2), 69-87, 2024 Social Sciences 1
One lord, one body: Rethinking disability in Ghana through biblical and theological anthropology
JA Gariba, BK Assenyoh
2023 Ghana Journal of Religion and Theology 13 (2), 39-61, 2023 Social Sciences 1
We are Part of the Family: Disabled Women and Othering in Urban Accra
JA Gariba
2026 Journal of Disability Studies 12 (1), 3-12, 2026 Social Sciences 0
Celebrating the past in peacetime
JA Gariba, CA Apeck
2025 Legon Journal of the Humanities 36 (1), 117-144, 2025 Social Sciences 0
Dealingwith TheDeath Diverse (and the Faces of Departed): Toda The Religion Changing Face of Funerary Rites among the Bulsa of Northern Ghana R Walker
JA Gariba
2024 ANTHROPOS 119 (1), 2024 Humanities 0
We shall live: the experiences and responses of women to marginality in the ongoing Alavanyo-Nkonya land conflict in Ghana
JA Gariba
2024 African Journal of Social Issues 7 (1), 1-16, 2024 Social Sciences 0
Between local architecture and modernity: An ethnography of the Bulsa house in Northern Ghana
JA Gariba
2023 African Anthropologist 21 (1), 237–274-237–274, 2023 Engineering 0
Influencing judicial process using black magic: Experiences of court users from the Houses of Chiefs in Ghana
AS Anamzoya, J Gariba
2023 Ghana Social Science Journal 20 (2), 229–245-229–245, 2023 Law 0