The Army and Politics in Pre-Industrial Africa: The Ndebele Nation, 1822-1893

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Title:	The Army and Politics in Pre-Industrial Africa: The Ndebele Nation, 1822-1893
Author:	Chanaiwa, David S.
Year:	1976
Periodical:	African Studies Review
Volume:	19
Issue:	2
Period:	September
Pages:	49-67
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Zimbabwe
Subjects:	Ndebele (Zimbabwe) militarism history ethnic groups Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration Military, Defense and Arms
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/523563
Abstract:	This study seeks to stimulate interest in, and to develop a systematic framework for the civil-military relations in the pre-colonial Ndebele society, evaluating the character of militarism in Ndebele society, and in preindustrial, subsistence-level societies in general. The first methodological framework of it endeavors to apply current theories of fragmentation and fragment societies to the study of non-Western society; the second framework is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of civil-military relations. These relations should be studied as a system composed of interrelated and interdependent elements. Sections: Ndebele militarism: sources - Predispositional factors - Historical factors: birth of the nation - Situational factors: militarism and kinship - Situational factors: castes, regiment, and nationhood - The regimental system - Summary and conclusion. Notes; ref.; fig.