Sentence examples for traditional authority from inspiring English sources

(VA respondent) Also, in the Kassena-Nankana tradition, it is prohibited to discuss the death of a traditional authority such as a chief or a landlord prior to the formal announcement of the death by the family.

Traditional authority and key reference points have faced seismic crisis.

A strain of traditional authority appears to have withheld its approval, however.

Their highest traditional authority is a spiritual leader called the wat-ngomi, who must sanction any human intervention in nature.

The floodwaters have already reshaped the political landscape, with pillars of traditional authority suffering the most corrosion.

Islam has gone D.I.Y. in the hands of televangelists preaching to Muslims who live without the consolations of traditional authority in urban areas of Europe and America.

His sustained critique helped erode the traditional authority of network news and big newspapers, and also helped undermine the concept of disinterested journalism.

It's counterintuitive, but refuge in the traditional authority--the white male--may highlight what Obama's not.

The Great Awakening challenged the traditional authority of the congregationalist church.

"Development aid never goes to the Herero or Namaqua areas," said Festus Muundjua, secretary for foreign affairs of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority.

The final survey was conducted in May June 201212 in one Traditional Authority in Ntechu District, Malawi consisting of 15 villages.