How Long to Read Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa

How Long Does it Take to Read Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 25 minutes to read Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa by Nyamnjoh, Francis B.

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Description

Chieftaincy 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 require both financial and symbolic capital. Chieftaincy remains central to ongoing efforts at developing democracy and accountability in line with the expectations of Africans as individual 'citizens' and also as 'subjects' of various cultural communities. This book uses Cameroon and Botswana as case studies, to argue that the rigidity and prescriptiveness of modernist partial theories have left a major gap in scholarship on chiefs and chieftaincy in Africa. It stresses that studies of domesticated agency in Africa are sorely needed to capture the creative ongoing processes and to avoid over-emphasising structures and essentialist perceptions on chieftaincy and the cultural communities that claim and are claimed by it.

How long is Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa?

Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa by Nyamnjoh, Francis B. is 84 pages long, and a total of 21,336 words.

This makes it 28% the length of the average book. It also has 26% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 56 minutes to read Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa aloud.

What Reading Level is Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa?

Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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