Patterns and Theories of Traditional Resurgence in Tropical Africa

Pierre Englebert

Mondes en développement, 2002, vol. 118, issue 2, 51-64

Abstract: Africa has witnessed a rise tradition-based political action since the beginning of the 1990s. Rather than a mere return to hypothetical pre-colonial forms in the wake of the weakening of the African state, this resurgence appears to be the opportunistic by-product of several other trends that have characterized this period, including democratization, economic crisis, and globalization. Despite this second-fiddle role, traditional revival still makes its own contribution to the reconfiguration of pawer in Africa, wether by its incorporation in, its challenge to, or its disengagement from the state.

Date: 2002
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