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AFRICAN POLITICAL structures by way of Fortes, Meyer CONTENTS: EDITORS' notice. PREFACE. Professor A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, M.A. (Cantab.), Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology within the collage of Oxford advent. Dr. M. Fortes and Professor E. E. Evans-Pntchard goals of this ebook. A consultant pattern of African. Societies. Political Philosophy and Comparative Politics. the 2 varieties of Political approach Studied. Kinship in Political association. The effect of Demography. The impact of Mode of Livelihood. Composite Political platforms and the Conquest concept. The Territorial point. The stability of Forces within the Political approach, The occurrence and serve as of Organised strength. adjustments in keeping with ecu Rule. the magical Values linked to Political workplace. the matter of the bounds of the Political crew. the dominion OF THE ZULU OF SOUTH AFRICA. Max Gluckman. B.A. (How.) (Witwatersrand), D.Phil. (Oxon). Professor of Social Anthropology within the college of Manchester old creation. The Zulu King and the kingdom. prestige and Political energy. The Tribes in the state, Sanctions on Authority and the steadiness of the nation. the folk and their Leaders. The interval of ecu Rule. end. THE POLITICAL association OF THE NGWATO OF BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE. /. Schapera, M.A, (Cape town), Ph.D., D.Sc.(London), F.R.S.S.Af. Professor of Social Anthropology within the college of Cape toton Ethnic Composition and Territorial structure. the executive approach. Powers and Authority of the manager. Rights and tasks of Chieftainship. THE POLITICAL method OF THE BEMBA TRIBE NORTHEASTERN RHODESIA. Audrey I. Richards, M.A«(Cantab\ Ph.D.(London). Reader in Social Anthropology on the London institution of Economics and Political technological know-how, collage of London 83Bantu Political association a few basic gains The Bemba Tribe: Tribal Composition Social Grouping Kinship neighborhood Grouping Rank different rules of Social Grouping financial heritage White management. Bases of Authority: The Dogma of Descent criminal ideas of Descent and Succession. capabilities and Prerogatives of Authority: The Headman the executive. The equipment of presidency: Administrative army Judicial Advisory, the combination of the Tribe. Post-European adjustments: New gurus brought results of the 1929 Ordinances. the dominion OF ANKOLE IN UGANDA okay. Oberg, A.M., Ph.D.(Chicago)t Escola Livre de Sociologia e Politica, SSo Paulo, Brazil conventional and ancient history. Political prestige, the King and the Royal Kraal. Tribute. The Cult of Bagyendanwa. Succession. end.
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There may be Isome delation ^between the degree of political development and tne^ze of p6pmation, but it would be mcorrect to suppose that governmental mstitutions are found in those societies with greatest density. The opposite seems to be equally likely, judging by our material. The density of the Zulu Bemba 3 is 3-5, of the Ngwato 75 per square mile, while and Logoli very Tallensi the and of that of the Nuer is higher settlepermanent dense the supposed that might be much higher. It 2-5, of the ments of the Tallensi would necessarily lead to the development AFRICAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS 8 of a centralized form of government, whereas the wide disamong the Bemba would be incom- persion of shifting villages patible with centralized rule.
AFRICAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS 6 and the obligations of rulers, and the checks on Those who studied societies of Group B had no such discuss and were therefore forced to consider what, in rights of subjects authority. matters to the absence of explicit forms of government, could be held to This problem was constitute the political structure of a people. among the Nuer, who have very distinct territorial diviThe difficulty was greater for the Logoli and Tallensi, who simplest sions. have no clear spatially-defined political units.
Member- ship of the local community, and the rights and duties that go with it, are acquired as a rule through genealogical ties, real or fictional. The and the segments are directly co-ordinated with lineage principle takes the place of political allegiance, interrelations of territorial the interrelations of lineage segments. Political relations are tions. torial The not simply a reflexion of political system, in its relations own territorial rela- right, incorporates terri- and invests them with the particular kind of political significance they have.