ISBN:
9780226511092
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (370 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Comaroff, John L The Politics of Custom : Chiefship, Capital, and the State in Contemporary Africa
DDC:
320.8096
Keywords:
Chiefdoms
;
Chiefdoms-Africa
;
Africa-Politics and government-1960-
;
Electronic books
;
Africa Politics and government 1960-
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Editorial Note -- John and Jean Comaroff. One / Chiefs, Capital, and the State in Contemporary Africa: An Introduction -- Peter Geschiere. Two / African Chiefs and the Postâ Cold War Moment: Millennial Capitalism and the Struggle over Moral Authority -- Sara Berry. Three / Chieftaincy, Land, and the State in Ghana and South Africa -- Mbongiseni Buthelezi and Dineo Skosana. Four / The Salience of Chiefs in Postapartheid South Africa: Reflections on the Nhlapo Commission -- Jocelyn Alexander. Five / The Politics of States and Chiefs in Zimbabwe -- Mariane Ferme. Six / Paramount Chiefs, Land, and Local-National Politics in Sierra Leone -- Benoit Beucher. Seven / Republic of Kings: Neotraditionalism, Aristocratic Ethos, and Authoritarianism in Burkina Faso -- Susan Cook. Eight / Corporate Kings and South Africaâs Traditional- Industrial Complex -- Lauren Adrover. Nine / The Currency of Chieftaincy: Corporate Branding and the Commodification of Political Authority in Ghana -- Lauren Coyle. Ten / Fallen Chiefs and Sacrificial Mining in Ghana -- James Smith. Eleven / Colonizing Banro: Kingship, Temporality, and Mining of Futures in the Goldfields of South Kivu, DRC -- Juan Obarrio. Twelve / Third Contact: Invisibility and Recognition of the Customary in Northern Mozambique -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index
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