Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Administrative Boundaries of Northern Ghana, 1898- 1951 -- The Traditional Political Systems of Northern Ghana Reconsidered -- Matrimonial Prestations Among the Kasena of Navrongo -- Kusasi Matrimonial Prestations and Exploitation: The Major Moreton Legacy -- Christian Missions and the Expansion of Western Education in Northern Ghana, 1906- 1975 -- North- South Relations and the Colonial Enterprise in Ghana -- The Decline of Rural Commons in Sub- Saharan Africa: The Case of Upper West Region of Ghana -- User Committees and Sustainable Development of Drinking Water Services in Rural Northern Ghana* -- The Economic Recovery Program/ Structural Adjustment Program -- Its Likely Impact on the "Distant" Rural Poor in Northern Ghana* -- Challenges of Education in Northern Ghana: A Case for Northern Ghana Education Trust Fund ( NETFUND) -- Contributors.