Fanning tribal and ethnic flames: A recipe for national disintegration

I intend to conduct a research into social settings, specifically religious organisations, political parties and schools. I would like to establish, scientifically, that none of the above-mentioned institutions is exclusively made up of a single tribe or ethnic group. But even before my detailed research, my personal observation and experience have shown that academic institutions, organisations and other social settings are full of people of different ethnic and tribal origins.

In fact, without any Akans, Dagombas, Gas, Ewes and other tribes and ethnic groups, there could not have been any country called Ghana. I was really thrilled by a TV3 programme, Ghana’s Most Beautiful, when women from different tribes displayed their rich cultures to the admiration of viewers. Of course, there may be few differences in the way things are done by certain tribes but it is obvious that like the way both the white and black keys of the piano contribute to a harmonious music, each tribe