This book is a collection of articles written by scholars and development practitioners from varied academic backgrounds and professional training. The contributors include sociologists, educationists, anthropologists, gender and social advocates and a lawyer. The introductory chapter provides a sound theoretical background on the analysis of social problems in general as well as an empirical research work that analyzes the major social problems identified by rural and urban residents un Ghana. The rest of the book examines in detail some of the Ghana’s major social problems including issues of equity in the provision of education, “witches camps” and the culture of human rights, ethnic conflicts and attempts at peace making, streetism and the management of urban space, child sexual defilement, elaborate funeral celebrations, widowhood rites, the development of a culture of human rights, the challenge of aging and farmer-herder conflicts.