Journal of Eastern African Studies, Volume 14, Issue 1 (2020)

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The contested coproduction of customary authority in past and present

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Revisiting colonial legacies in knowledge production on customary authority in Central and East Africa
Judith Verweijen & Vicky Van Bockhaven
Pages: 1-23
Published online: 08 Jan 2020
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Authority that is customary: Kitawala, customary chiefs, and the plurality of power in Congolese history
Nicole Eggers
Pages: 24-42
Published online: 04 Jan 2020
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Politics, prophets and armed mobilizations: competition and continuity over registers of authority in South Sudan’s conflicts
Naomi Ruth Pendle
Pages: 43-62
Published online: 09 Jan 2020
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Anioto and nebeli: local power bases and the negotiation of customary chieftaincy in the Belgian Congo (ca. 1930–1950)
Vicky Van Bockhaven
Pages: 63-83
Published online: 08 Jan 2020
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Legacies of Kanjogera: women political elites and the transgression of gender norms in Rwanda
Sarah E. Watkins & Erin Jessee
Pages: 84-102
Published online: 09 Jan 2020
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In search of chiefly authority in ‘post-aid’ Acholiland: transformations of customary authorities in northern Uganda
Sophie Komujuni & Karen Büscher
Pages: 103-124
Published online: 09 Jan 2020
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Courses au pouvoir: the struggle over customary capital in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Kasper Hoffmann, Koen Vlassenroot & Emery Mudinga
Pages: 125-144
Published online: 12 Jan 2020
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Locating the ‘customary’ in post-colonial Tanzania’s politics: the shifting modus operandi of the rural state
Felicitas Becker
Pages: 145-163
Published online: 08 Jan 2020
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