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van Binsbergen W. M. J., 1987,
‘Chiefs and the State in Independent Zambia : exploring the
Zambian National Press’, in J. Griffiths et E. A. B. van
Rouveroy van Nieuwaal (eds), Journal of Legal Pluralism, special
issue on chieftainship in Africa, n° 25-26, pp. 139-201.
Part
I
Introduction
An Example: The 1987 Kuomboka Ceremony
Background
Chiefs and Journalists
Three Academic Views on Zambian Chiefs
Part II
The Negative Image of Chieftainship
The Positive Image of Chieftainship: Land, Order and
Development
Chiefs and National Politics
The Amazing Career of Princess Nakatindi
Essential Continuity yet Qualitative Difference: The
Chief as Bridge
Chiefs in Search of Patrons and Protectors
The Subjugation of Chiefs by State Bureaucracies
The Relative Suppression of Chiefly Symbolism
The Selective Use of Chiefly Symbolism by State Officials
Conclusion
Part III
References
Appendix: Titles, Sources and Dates of
Newspaper Items in the 1972-1973 Corpus
Table 1. The neo-traditional and modern
political career of Princess Nakatindi, 1922-1972.
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