“…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).…”