Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa / Chieftaincy and Democracy in Cameroon and Botswana Onno sonst gutes Exemplar

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Africa and Latin America

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Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa / Chieftaincy and Democracy in Cameroon and Botswana Onno sonst gutes ExemplarChieftaincy 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