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Dynamics of political domination in Africa : an Axel Sommerfelt collection
Title
Dynamics of political domination in Africa : an Axel Sommerfelt collection / edited by Tone Sommerfelt, Marek Jakoubek, and Thomas Hylland Eriksen.
ISBN
9781805392897
1805392891
9781805392903
9781805392910
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Berghahn Books, 2024.
Copyright Notice Date
©2024
Physical Description
ix, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Axel Sommerfelt has been an important influence on Norwegian and Scandinavian anthropology, but his contributions are almost unknown. This book brings together some of his critical writings, newly written articles and an interview which positions him in the history of 'North Sea' social anthropology and shows his continued relevance. An Africanist, Sommerfelt did research in Ruwenzori (Uganda and Belgian Congo), but also wrote about the Tallensi (Ghana) and worked for years in Salisbury (Harare) before being evicted by Ian Smith's racist regime in 1966. His contributions to political anthropology, methodology and legal anthropology have a lasting value"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Sommerfelt, Axel, 1926- Dynamics of political domination in Africa First edition. New York : Berghahn Books, 2024
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2024
Series
Methodology and history in anthropology ; volume 46
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface / Axel Sommerfelt
Introduction / Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Marek Jakoubek and Tone Sommerfelt
Political Cohesion in a Stateless Society: The Tallensi of the Northern Territory of the Gold Coast (Ghana)
First Impressions from Bukonjo
Village Politics and the Administration of Justice among the Konjo of Bwamba
The Bakonjo on Both Sides of the Congo-Uganda Border
Intertribal Relations in Bwamba, Western Uganda
Justice, Morality and Belief in Conflict Resolution Processes
Ethnopolitics and the Uses of History among the Konzo of Uganda at the End of the Colonial Period
Resistance and Profession: An Interview with Axel Sommerfelt / Jan Ketil Simonsen and Rune Flikke
The African Connection / Adam Kuper.
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