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  • Can traditional leaders and institutions help to build more legitimate account... Can traditional leaders and institutions help to build more legitimate accountable and effective governments in polities or states under (re)construction? This book investigates the case of Somaliland the 20-year old non-recognized state which... more
  • How did South Sudan become one of the most striking examples of state-building... How did South Sudan become one of the most striking examples of state-building failure and state collapse after years of international support? What went wrong in the state-building enterprise? How did external intervention overlap and intertwine... more
  • This book offers a comparative ethnography of the contested powers that shape ... This book offers a comparative ethnography of the contested powers that shape democratization in Ethiopia. Although multi-party elections have become the norm in Africa relatively little is known about the significance of non-state actors such as... more
  • Originally published in 1956 the main emphasis of the book is on the complex a... Originally published in 1956 the main emphasis of the book is on the complex age-set organization which constitutes the framework within which the life of every Kikuyu is regulated from infancy to old age. The book shows how the political and... more
  • First published in 1969. This is part of a series that comprises reprints as w... First published in 1969. This is part of a series that comprises reprints as well as original works on various aspects of African life- history institutions culture political and social thought and eminent African personalities. As Africana in the... more
  • This book seeks to explore how the Zimbabwean society and its institutions hav... This book seeks to explore how the Zimbabwean society and its institutions have survived if not succumbed to continuous economic crises in the country. From the 1990s Zimbabwe experienced a sustained economic decline challenged by both internal and... more
  • Reexamining a classical work of social anthropology African Political Systems ... Reexamining a classical work of social anthropology African Political Systems (1940) edited by Fortes and Evans-Pritchard this book looks at the colonial and academic context from which the work arose as well as its reception and its subject matter... more
  • Originally published in 1951 this book provides an account of the traditional ... Originally published in 1951 this book provides an account of the traditional status and functions of the Asanti chief. The effects of British administration on the powers of the chief and his council are described as are the tensions which the... more
  • This book looks beyond the familiar history of former empires and new nation-s... This book looks beyond the familiar history of former empires and new nation-states to consider newly transnational communities of solidarity and aid social science and activism. Shortly after independence from France in 1960 the people living along... more
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  • This book is intended for scholars researchers and academic leaders who have a... This book is intended for scholars researchers and academic leaders who have a passion to share their knowledge outside their classroom laboratory or institution; who want to make a difference; and who believe that the information they possess and... more
  • This book is intended for scholars researchers and academic leaders who have a... This book is intended for scholars researchers and academic leaders who have a passion to share their knowledge outside their classroom laboratory or institution; who want to make a difference; and who believe that the information they possess and... more
  • Over the last twenty years Esther Goody has made extensive studies of traditio... Over the last twenty years Esther Goody has made extensive studies of traditional and contemporary patterns of education and child-rearing in West Africa. In this book she provides an account of the rich variety of institutions such as fostering... more
  • This book explores the formation of the African-American identity through the ... This book explores the formation of the African-American identity through the theory of cultural trauma. The trauma in question is slavery not as an institution or as personal experience but as collective memory--a pervasive remembrance that... more
  • This book investigates the role of social protection amongst African pastoral ... This book investigates the role of social protection amongst African pastoral and agro-pastoral communities with a particular focus on Ethiopia. It demonstrates the value of indigenous knowledge systems and local institutions in contributing to the... more
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