Creation of Tribalism in Southern Africa

Author/Contributor(s):	Vail, LeRoy
Publisher:	University of California Press
Date:	01/07/1991
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Despite a quarter century of "nation building," most African states are still driven by ethnic particularism-commonly known as "tribalism." The stubborn persistence of tribal ideologies despite the profound changes associated with modernization has puzzled scholars and African leaders alike. The bloody hostilities between the tribally-oriented Zulu Inkhata movement and supporters of the African National Congress are but the most recent example of tribalism's tenacity. The studies in this volume offer a new historical model for the growth and endurance of such ideologies in southern Africa.