Rita Yembilah
Biographic Data
| ID | 5689264 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rita Yembilah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rita |
| FAMILY NAME | Yembilah |
| SIGNATURE | YEMBILAH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-2599-218X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ori-Oyena
Background While African-centred methodologies have effectively articulated relational ontologies and community-owned ethics, academic journals continue to lack procedural frameworks for operationalizing these principles throughout the research process. Aim We propose Ori-Oyena, a methodology grounded in the cultural principles of Indigenous Ghanaian (Nafaanra ethnicity). Ori-Oyena is rooted in the axiom of “simultaneous multiplicity,” which mean…
When Will the Tree Grow for Me to Benefit from It?”
In 2021, Ghana was Africa’s largest gold producer and sixth largest producer worldwide. However, mining wrecks tremendous environmental havoc and poses significant human health risks. Efforts to mitigate these impacts have focused exclusively on regularizing mining, with little recognition of the crucial role farmers play in mining, particularly as agents that lease their land for the same. Ghana’s new tree tenure policy allows cocoa farmers to a…
Tree registration to counter elite capture of forestry benefits in Ghana’s Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions
The Impact of Herder Sedentarization on Natural Resource Access in Northeastern Ghana
The Fulani of West Africa have increasingly migrated to humid West Africa since the Sahelian droughts of the 1970s, drawing opposition from indigenous groups that are concerned about the deprivation of their livelihood and monopolization of resources for herders’ livestock. This research, which involved farmers, shepherds, and Fulani herders, addressed three issues: the nature of indigenous grazing and watering regimes, shepherd–herder relations,…
The political ecology of territoriality
The political ecology of territoriality
The Impact of Herder Sedentarization on Natural Resource Access in Northeastern Ghana
The Fulani of West Africa have increasingly migrated to humid West Africa since the Sahelian droughts of the 1970s, drawing opposition from indigenous groups that are concerned about the deprivation of their livelihood and monopolization of resources for herders’ livestock. This research, which involved farmers, shepherds, and Fulani herders, addressed three issues: the nature of indigenous grazing and watering regimes, shepherd–herder relations,…
Tree registration to counter elite capture of forestry benefits in Ghana’s Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions
When Will the Tree Grow for Me to Benefit from It?”
In 2021, Ghana was Africa’s largest gold producer and sixth largest producer worldwide. However, mining wrecks tremendous environmental havoc and poses significant human health risks. Efforts to mitigate these impacts have focused exclusively on regularizing mining, with little recognition of the crucial role farmers play in mining, particularly as agents that lease their land for the same. Ghana’s new tree tenure policy allows cocoa farmers to a…
Ori-Oyena
Background While African-centred methodologies have effectively articulated relational ontologies and community-owned ethics, academic journals continue to lack procedural frameworks for operationalizing these principles throughout the research process. Aim We propose Ori-Oyena, a methodology grounded in the cultural principles of Indigenous Ghanaian (Nafaanra ethnicity). Ori-Oyena is rooted in the axiom of “simultaneous multiplicity,” which mean…
Geography (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Ecology (2 works)