2002
DOI: 10.1017/s0022278x02003956
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Born-again Buganda or the limits of traditional resurgence in Africa

Abstract: Since the restoration of traditional leaders in Uganda in 1993, the Kingdom of Buganda has developed unusually effective institutions, financing mechanisms and policy tools, re-building itself as a quasi-state. The reinforcement of Buganda's empirical statehood provides one of the farthest-reaching examples of the current trend of traditional resurgence in African politics and to some extent supports claims for the participation of traditional structures in contemporary political systems. Yet, the Buganda expe… Show more

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“…13. For a discussion of the conflict over land reform between Buganda and the government in 1998 see Englebert 2002, 352Á4. 14.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…13. For a discussion of the conflict over land reform between Buganda and the government in 1998 see Englebert 2002, 352Á4. 14.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Buganda Kingdom represents a prominent case of a traditional polity, since it plays a significant role in Ugandan politics (Englebert, 2002;Lindemann and Goodfellow, 2013). Buganda is the most influential of the constitutionally recognized traditional institutions in Uganda.…”
Section: The Buganda Kingdom As a Target Politymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In recent literature this post-Cold War period has been characterized by a 'resurgence' or even a 'renaissance' of traditional chie aincy in many parts of Africa -although certainly not everywhere. Consequently, many analysts have pondered why and how chie aincy has persisted through all the enormous political, economic, and social changes of the colonial and post-colonial periods, and the "resilience of chie aincy" has become something of a popular notion in Africanist anthropology, history, development studies, political science, legal studies, and other related disciplines (see, e.g., Englebert 2002;Ntsebeza 2005, 16-35;Ubink 2008, 13-31;Van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal and Van Dijk 1999).…”
Section: Kingship In the Postcolonymentioning
confidence: 99%