Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa / Chieftaincy and Democracy in Cameroon and Botswana Onno het soms onthutsend en vaak

het soms onthutsend en vaak ruwe spel om de macht

als rondreizend columnist voor de Volkskrant

University Of Toronto Press

over geuren van het verleden en over de aromatische connotaties van kunstwerken

Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa / Chieftaincy and Democracy in Cameroon and Botswana Onno het soms onthutsend en vaakChieftaincy in Africa has displayed remarkable dynamics and adaptability to new socio economic and political developments, without becoming totally transformed in the process. Almost everywhere on the continent, chiefdoms and chiefs have become active agents in the quest for ethnic, cultural symbols as a way of maximising opportunities at the centre of bureaucratic and state power, and at the home village where control over land and labour often