Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Chapter 1. Introduction: Investigating Authority and Its Legitimization in Contemporary Africa
Part 1. Power and the (Post)Colonial State
Chapter 2. Whose State? Whose Nation? Representations of the History of the Arab Slave Trade and Nation-Building in Tanzania
Chapter 3. Between Ethnicity and Medicine: Reinventing Legitimacy in Chokwe and Sukuma Chieftaincies
Part 2. Contested Authorities and State Power
Chapter 4. By What Authority? Cosmology, Legitimacy, and the Sources of Power in Malawi
Chapter 5. Bittamo: The Duties of Authority in Kara, Southern Ethiopia
Chapter 6. In Search of Democracy: gadaa as a Political Idea - Or, the Legitimacy of Traditional Authority in Times of Turmoil and Unease
Chapter 7. Contested Authorities, External Experts and the Quest for Social Justice: Negotiating Basic Income Grants in an African Setting
Chapter 8. Challenging Neotraditional Authority in Namibia
Part 3. Power and Authority over Space
Chapter 9. Changes in Ethnicity and Land Rights among the Xun of North-central Namibia
Chapter 10. San Traditional Authorities, Communal Conservancies, Conflicts, and Leadership in Namibia
Chapter 11. Sacred Spaces, Legal Claims: Competing Claims for Legitimate Knowledge and Authority over the Use of Land in Nharira Hills, Zimbabwe
Part 4. Conflict, (In)Justice, and Plural Legitimacies
Chapter 12. Magic Momentum: Negotiating Authority in the Bongolava Region, Madagascar
Chapter 13. Ungoverned Spaces and Informalisation of Violence: The Case of Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs) in Baragoi
Chapter 14. Who Calls the Tune? Submission, Evasion and Contesting Authorities in Ethiopian Refugee Camps
Part 5. Secret Authority and the State
Chapter 15. Secrecy and Visibility: Challenging Verwoerdism in South Africa's 20th Century
Chapter 16. Legitimizing the Illegitimate: How Ethnologists Fashioned Namibia