Reinventing African Chieftaincy in the Age of AIDS, Governance, Gender, and Development

This collection of essays examines the relatively new, and frequently overlooked, political phenomenon in post-colonial Africa of chieftaincy "re-inventing" itself. The traditional authority of chiefs has been one of Africa's missing voices who are now bringing new resources to the ch...

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Main Author: Tim Quinlan (Editor) (auth)
Other Authors: Donald I. Ray (Editor) (auth), Keshav Sharma (Editor) (auth), Tacita Clarke (Editor) (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: University of Calgary Press 2011
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