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Malcolm Ruel
Leopards and Leaders [PDF ebook]
Constitutional Politics among a Cross River People

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This study of politics and government among a West African people, the Banyang of the Upper Cross River, covers the end of the period of Colonial administration. The book:
· Shows the inter-relationship between the structure of the small forest communities and the highly autonomous processes by which they were governed
· Analyses the relationship between residence and common descent as principles of corporate grouping
· Includes a case study of the political struggle involved in one community”s claims to independence.
Originally published in 1969.

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Format PDF ● Pages 380 ● ISBN 9781136533532 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2020 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 8114662 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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