The politics of custom : chiefship, capital, and the state in contemporary Africa /: chiefship, capital, and the state in contemporary Africa. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by John L. Comaroff, Jean Comaroff.
• Editors: Comaroff, John L, 1945-; Comaroff, Jean
• Contents: Editorial Note One. Chiefs, Capital, and the State in Contemporary Africa: An Introduction John and Jean Comaroff Two. African Chiefs and the Post–Cold War Moment: Millennial Capitalism and the Struggle over Moral Authority Peter Geschiere Three. Chieftaincy, Land, and the State in Ghana and South Africa Sara Berry Four. The Salience of Chiefs in Postapartheid South Africa: Reflections on the Nhlapo Commission Mbongiseni Buthelezi and Dineo Skosana Five. The Politics of States and Chiefs in Zimbabwe Jocelyn Alexander Six. Paramount Chiefs, Land, and Local-National Politics in Sierra Leone Mariane Ferme Seven. Republic of Kings: Neotraditionalism, Aristocratic Ethos, and Authoritarianism in Burkina Faso Benoît Beucher Eight. Corporate Kings and South Africa's Traditional-Industrial Complex Susan Cook Nine. The Currency of Chieftaincy: Corporate Branding and the Commodification of Political Authority in Ghana Lauren Adrover Ten. Fallen Chiefs and Sacrificial Mining in Ghana Lauren Coyle Eleven. Colonizing Banro: Kingship, Temporality, and Mining of Futures in the Goldfields of South Kivu, DRC James Smith Twelve. Third Contact: Invisibility and Recognition of the Customary in Northern Mozambique Juan Obarrio Acknowledgments Contributors Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.8096; Chiefdoms -- Africa; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226511092
• Related ISBNs: 9780226510767; 9780226510934
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