TRADITIONS AND POLITICS: INDIGENOUS POLITICAL STRUCTURES IN AFRICA
By: VAUGHAN, OLUFEMI
ISBN: 1592212174
$34.95
Tradition and Politics: Indigenous Political Structures in Africa is based on selected original papers presented at the International Conference on Indigenous Political Structures and Governance in Africa, held at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 2001 under the auspices of the Ford Foundation.
Drawing on the works of leading scholars, this volume explores the interaction between indigenous political structures and modern African states. The book focuses on the response of indigenous political structures to Africa's rapid social transformation in the twentieth century. Analyzed 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.
This is a feast of excellent essays on indigenous practices, a bold achievement at a time when African affairs reveal a state of continual flux. We see creativity when and where it is least expected, compelling us to engage with the ideas that matter, and drawing us back again and again to ponder accepted assumptions.
-Toyin Falola, University Distinguished Teaching Professor & Frances Higginbothom Nalle Centennial Professor, University of Texas at Austin. Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, and Yoruba chief
Drawing on the works of leading scholars, this volume explores the interaction between indigenous political structures and modern African states. The book focuses on the response of indigenous political structures to Africa's rapid social transformation in the twentieth century. Analyzed 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.
This is a feast of excellent essays on indigenous practices, a bold achievement at a time when African affairs reveal a state of continual flux. We see creativity when and where it is least expected, compelling us to engage with the ideas that matter, and drawing us back again and again to ponder accepted assumptions.
-Toyin Falola, University Distinguished Teaching Professor & Frances Higginbothom Nalle Centennial Professor, University of Texas at Austin. Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, and Yoruba chief