African Political Systems

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"The result of field studies carried out by trained investigators in eight widely separated areas of the African continent, this book describes the types of social organization found among a number of African peoples: the Zulu of South Africa, the Ngwato of Bechuanaland, the Bemba in north-eastern Rhodesia, the Ankole in Uganda, the Kede in northern Nigeria, the Bantu of Kavirondo, the Tallensi of the northern Gold Coast, and the Nuer of the southern Sudan. The societies and traditional forms of government described, while differing greatly, represent common types of African political systems; although not every such type is included, the editors can fairly claim that the major principles of African political organization are covered by these studies."-- Back cover