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African Kingships in Perspective: Political Change and Modernization in Monarchical Settings book cover

1st Edition

African Kingships in Perspective Political Change and Modernization in Monarchical Settings

Edited By René Lemarchand Copyright 1977
342 Pages
by Routledge

342 Pages
by Routledge

342 Pages
by Routledge
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First published in 1977, African Kingships in Perspective deals comparatively and analytically with the dynamics of change in monarchical settings. It examines the variant responses of African kingships to the challenge of modernity and political centralisation, and to assess their successes and failures in the face of rapid social change. The analysis is based on eight case studies: Ethiopia,... Read more

Introduction: In Search of Political Kingdom
René Lemarchand

Part 1—A Theocratic Kingship: Ethiopia

1. Ethiopia
Christopher Clapham

Part 2—Stratified Kingships: Rwanda and Burundi

2. Rwanda
René Lemarchand

3. Burndi
René Lemarchand

Part 3—Ethnic Kingships: Swaziland and Lesotho

4. The Ngwenyama of Swaziland: The Dynamics of Political Adaptation
Christian P. Potholm

5. The Basotho Monarchy
Richard F. Weisfelder

Part 4—Incorporated Kingships: Buganda, Ankole and Ijebu

6. Buganda
M. Crawford Young

7. Ankole
Martin R. Doornbos

8. Ijebu
Peter C. Llyod

Conclusion—Monarchical Responses to Social Change: A Spectrum of Strategies
René Lemarchand

Biography

René Lemarchand is Emeritus Professor of political science at the University of Florida, USA. He is known for his research on ethnic conflict and genocide in African nations. His published works include Remembering Genocides in Central Africa (2021).

Review of the first publication:

‘This book seeks to answer an important, if largely retrospective, question about political change in Africa.”
—American Political Science Review, Volume 72, Issue 4, pp. 1475­–1476

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