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The extremely irritable and quick-tempered chieftain, Akendong II has 14 children, all girls, and is saddened by the fact that he has no chopchair, a male heir to his throne. Then news comes to him that his favourite wife has given birth to a pair of twins, boys. He is even more angered by the fact that he has two heirs, a source of trouble for his kingdom. To avoid his wrath, his councillors change the story, sending away one of the boys to grow in hiding. Learning of the truth about his birth 15 years afterwards, the prince in hiding returns, kidnaps the palace prince and demands his full sh

Twins --- Inheritance and succession --- Chiefdoms --- Chieftaincies --- Chieftainships --- Political anthropology --- Africa

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As South Africa consolidates its democracy, chieftaincy has remained a controversial and influential institution that has adapted to recent changes. J. Michael Williams examines the chieftaincy and how it has sought to assert its power since the end of apartheid. By taking local-level politics seriously and looking closely at how chiefs negotiate the new political order, Williams takes a position between those who see the chieftaincy as an indigenous democratic form deserving recognition and protection, a

Chiefdoms --- Local government --- Democracy --- Post-apartheid era --- Chieftaincies --- Chieftainships --- Political anthropology --- South Africa --- Social conditions --- Politics and government

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Traditional authority is a distinguishing feature in the landscape of contemporary Africa. It remains important in organising the life of the people at the local level despite modern state structures. And since the 1990's, African governments, international institutions and donor organisations have shown a renewed interest in it. As a result, a large number of African countries have enhanced or formalised the position of their chiefs. At the same time, however, this resurgence of traditional authority coincides with the wave of democratisation across sub- Saharan Africa, and many question the desirability and legitimacy of traditional authority in modern forms of governance.

Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960. --- Chiefdoms -- Africa. --- Tribal government -- Africa. --- Chiefdoms --- Tribal government --- Africa --- Politics and government --- Chieftaincies --- Chieftainships --- Political science --- Tribes --- Political anthropology

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From approximately AD 900 to 1600, ancient Mississippian culture dominated today's southeastern United States. These Native American societies, known more popularly as moundbuilders, had populations that numbered in the thousands, produced vast surpluses of food, engaged in longdistance trading, and were ruled by powerful leaders who raised large armies. Mississippian chiefdoms built fortified towns with massive earthen structures used as astrological monuments and burial grounds. The remnants of these cities-scattered throughout the Southeast from Florida north to Wisconsin and as far west as

Mounds --- Chiefdoms --- Mississippian culture --- Barrows --- Tumuli --- Archaeology --- Landforms --- Tombs --- Temple Mound culture --- Indians of North America --- Mound-builders --- Chieftaincies --- Chieftainships --- Political anthropology --- Antiquities --- Southern States --- Antiquities.

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A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication Within the last 50 years archaeologists have discovered that around the 10th century A.D., native southeastern peoples began a process of cultural change far more complex than anything that had occurred previously. These late prehistoric societies-known as Mississippian-have come to be regarded as chiefdoms. The chiefdoms are of great anthropological interest because in these kinds of societies social hierarchies or rank and status were first institutionalized. Ancient Chiefdoms of the Tombigbee focuses

Chiefdoms --- Mississippian culture --- Chieftaincies --- Chieftainships --- Political anthropology --- Temple Mound culture --- Indians of North America --- Mound-builders --- Antiquities --- Tombigbee River Valley (Miss. and Ala.) --- Lubub Creek Mound (Ala.) --- Tombigbee Valley (Miss. and Ala.) --- Lubub Creek Site (Ala.) --- Alabama --- Antiquities.