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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. |