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Title:The concept of authority and the study of African colonial history
Author:Mustafa, Kemal
Year:1975
Periodical:Kenya Historical Review
Volume:3
Issue:1
Pages:55-83
Language:English
Geographic term:Tanzania
Subjects:Zanaki
patronage
colonial history
Abstract:Investigates the extent to which political anthropology can contribute to the study of African colonial history by focusing on the problem of authority. This article concentrates on Uzanaki in the Mara Region of Tanzania, which has, as yet, received no scholarly attention. Sections: historical arguments - social change, authority, and legitimacy - responses to authority as an historical problem - responses to authority in Uzanaki. Notes, ref.
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