In Africa, where kinship provided the underlying structure of society, social networks and ritual power appear to be at the core of the notion of power and the emergence of political complexity. In studying those developments, and how African political systems challenged simplistic neo-evolutionary models as they kept moving back and forth from lineage to kingdom, it may be useful to focus first on understanding how egalitarian societies became centralised states with a king. Although many famous kingdoms of the continent have flourished in the past, little is known about their origins. In order to use archaeology to study those processes, we need a better understanding of the nature of kingship, and thus to find ways to identify the sacred...
Chieftaincy in Africa has displayed remarkable dynamics and adaptability to new socio-economic and p...
Abstract Kinship, Economie Categories and Theories of Power: The Case of the Nzema (Ghana). — The ma...
The research in this thesis investigates the role of appraisals of African history in social identit...
This description represents what was more or less an ideal conception of political organization and ...
Despite a vast and recently reinvigorated body of research, a glaring lacuna remains in the literatu...
Person Yves. African kingships in perspective. Political change and modernization in monarchical set...
Rwanda, a small land-locked country, has a very long and complex history, dating back to the precolo...
This study discusses the legitimacy basis of political power and its changes in historical African s...
This dissertation explores the development of the role of the Queen Mother in the Nyiginya kingdom b...
This thesis is organized as a set of essays which tackle various theoretical issues pertaining to an...
J. K. Thornton — Le royaume du Kongo, ca. 1390-1678. Développement d'une formation sociale africa...
For years political anthropology described African institutions from observations, painting some dat...
"Developed from discussions held during a conference on kingship in St. Andrews, Scotland in January...
This research explores the history and culture of African civilizations, from pre-colonial kingdoms ...
This paper draws on a long-standing area of academic debate – archaeological manifestations of socia...
Chieftaincy in Africa has displayed remarkable dynamics and adaptability to new socio-economic and p...
Abstract Kinship, Economie Categories and Theories of Power: The Case of the Nzema (Ghana). — The ma...
The research in this thesis investigates the role of appraisals of African history in social identit...
This description represents what was more or less an ideal conception of political organization and ...
Despite a vast and recently reinvigorated body of research, a glaring lacuna remains in the literatu...
Person Yves. African kingships in perspective. Political change and modernization in monarchical set...
Rwanda, a small land-locked country, has a very long and complex history, dating back to the precolo...
This study discusses the legitimacy basis of political power and its changes in historical African s...
This dissertation explores the development of the role of the Queen Mother in the Nyiginya kingdom b...
This thesis is organized as a set of essays which tackle various theoretical issues pertaining to an...
J. K. Thornton — Le royaume du Kongo, ca. 1390-1678. Développement d'une formation sociale africa...
For years political anthropology described African institutions from observations, painting some dat...
"Developed from discussions held during a conference on kingship in St. Andrews, Scotland in January...
This research explores the history and culture of African civilizations, from pre-colonial kingdoms ...
This paper draws on a long-standing area of academic debate – archaeological manifestations of socia...
Chieftaincy in Africa has displayed remarkable dynamics and adaptability to new socio-economic and p...
Abstract Kinship, Economie Categories and Theories of Power: The Case of the Nzema (Ghana). — The ma...
The research in this thesis investigates the role of appraisals of African history in social identit...