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| Title: | Tradition and politics: indigenous political structures in Africa |
| Editor: | Vaughan, Olufemi |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Pages: | 395 |
| Language: | English |
| City of publisher: | Trenton, NJ |
| Publisher: | Africa World Press |
| ISBN: | 1592212166; 1592212174 |
| Geographic terms: | Africa Southern Africa East Africa West Africa |
| Subjects: | traditional polities traditional rulers local government chieftaincy power colonial history postcolonialism conference papers (form) 2001 |
| Abstract: | This volume is based on selected papers presented at the International Conference on Indigenous Political Structures and Governance in Africa, held at the University Of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 2001. The different chapters explore the interaction between indigenous political structures (e.g. chieftaincy) and modern African states in case studies in Southern, East and West Africa. The book focuses on the response of indigenous political structures to Africa's rapid social transformation in the twentieth century. Analysed in the context of colonialism, decolonization, modernity, and postcolonial state formation, these essays examine the implications of rapidly changing indigenous political structures for governance and politics in modern Africa. The chapters explore how indigenous political structures foster or hamper local initiatives in governance, and examines their critical role in the dynamic interplay between African states and societies. Contributors: O. Vaughan; R.L. Sklar; P. Englebert; C.R.D. Halisi; B. Oomen; N. Afolabi; J. Abbink; K. Mengisteab; R. Watson; A. Raufu Mustapha; E.M. Jones; W.F.S. Miles; I. Odotei; M.F. Awasom; J. Takougang; S.Y. Awasom; K.O. Alinon. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
