Chapter 2. African Political Systems and Political Anthropology

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Chapter 1. The Right Book at the Right Time: Early Reactions and Continuing Debates 1
6. Chapter 2. African Political Systems and Political Anthropology 15
7. Chapter 3. Complementary Segmentary Opposition, Early Kingship and the Looming State: Bridging the Dichotomy of African Political Systems 47
8. Chapter 4. The Shilluk Reth: Early King or Head of State? An Inter-Nilotic Exploration 79
9. Chapter 5. A New Approach to the Political Anthropology of Africa: From African Political Systems and Tribes without Rulers via The Early State 102
10. Chapter 6. Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment in Ankole: Revisiting the Chapter by Oberg 122
11. Chapter 7. Beyond ‘African Political Systems’? The Relevance of Patrilineal Descent in Moments of Crisis in Northern Somalia 139
12. Chapter 8. Some Notes on the Tuareg (Kinin) of Northern Darfur, Sudan 163
13. Chapter 9. The Nkandla Controversy: Insights from African Political Systems 180
14. Chapter 10. Rethinking Tswana Kingships and Their Incorporation in Modern Botswana State Formation 206
15. Afterword 241
16. Index 247