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| Title: | Indigenous political structures and governance in Africa |
| Editor: | Vaughan, Olufemi |
| Chapter(s): | Present |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
| City of publisher: | Ibadan |
| Publisher: | Sefer Books |
| ISBN: | 9788059031; 9788059066 |
| Geographic term: | Subsaharan Africa |
| Subjects: | 2001 traditional polities conference papers (form) |
| Abstract: | This book is the result of an international conference on indigenous political structures and governance in Africa held at the University of Ibadan in July 2001 under the auspices of the Ford Foundation. It explores the imaginative response of antecedent structures to the expansion of the political space in African States and societies. Furthermore, it analyses the implications of indigenous sociopolitical structures for State formation, explores the extent to which indigenous structures have either fostered or hampered local initiatives in governance and development, analyses ways in which indigenous structures serve as bridges between societies and modern State agencies, and shows ways in which these age-old institutions enhance governance and development in local communities. These themes are analysed in case studies from Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Mozambique, South Africa and Togo. Along with these specific case studies, two chapters provide a theoretical overview that draws from the experience of other African States. Contributors: Jon G. Abbink, Niyi Afolabi, Koffi Alinon, Nicodemus Fru Awasom, Sussana Yene Awasom, Pierre Englebert, C.R.D. Halisi, Emily Larby Jones, Kidane Mengisteab, William F.S. Miles, Abdul Raufu Mustapha, Irene Odotei, Barbara Oomen, Richard L. Sklar, Joseph Takougang, Olufemi Vaughan, Ruth Watson. [ASC Leiden abstract] |