Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa / Chieftaincy and Democracy in Cameroon and Botswana Onno Africa and Latin America

Africa and Latin America

als rondreizend columnist voor de Volkskrant

over geuren van het verleden en over de aromatische connotaties van kunstwerken

of onbesuisd de roem najagen door de langzaam bevriezende wateren binnen te varen

Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa / Chieftaincy and Democracy in Cameroon and Botswana Onno Africa and Latin AmericaChieftaincy in Africa has displayed remarkable dynamics and adaptability to new socio economic and political developments, without becoming totally transformed in the process. Almost everywhere on the continent, chiefdoms and chiefs have become active agents in the quest for ethnic, cultural symbols as a way of maximising opportunities at the centre of bureaucratic and state power, and at the home village where control over land and labour often