Description:
First published in 1977, African Kingships in Perspective deals comparatively and analytically with dynamics of change in monarchical settings. It examines variant responses of African kingships to the challenge of modernity and political centralisation and to assess their successes and failures in the face of rapid social change.
Review Quotes:
Review of the first publication:
'This book seeks to answer an important, if largely retrospective, question about political change in Africa."
--American Political Science Review, Volume 72, Issue 4, pp. 1475--1476