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Title:The Resurrection of the Warrior Tradition in African Political Culture
Author:Mazrui, Ali A.ISNI
Year:1975
Periodical:Journal of Modern African Studies
Volume:13
Issue:1
Pages:67-84
Language:English
Geographic terms:Africa
Uganda
Subjects:militarism
Politics and Government
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/159697
Abstract:The warrior tradition was not born on the day the white man landed in Africa. On the contrary, it was deeply inter-linked with the totality of the cultures of most African societies before the white man came. In this article the author first explores more fully the key elements of the warrior tradition, then follows with Shaka as a symbol of the warrior tradition in Africa prior to the large-scale colonisation and next proceeds to General Idi Amin as the symbol of the beginning of the new warrior tradition. Notes.
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