01 Roberts, Richard and Kristin Mann. 1991. Introduction. Law in Colonial Africa

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Availability: This title is out of print.Grade Level: Other - Other Law in colonial Africa was a cultural project that lay at the heart of efforts by Europeans and Africans to channel social change. Studying law yields fresh insights into the meaning of colonialism to those Africans who were empowered by it and those who struggled against it.African law Africans and Europeans agnates ANCI ANS-AOF anthropology Archinard Asiwaju Assikasso aulo Bechuanaland Protectorate British Bugaya Busoga Cambridge Chagga Chanock Chaudie chiefs claims Clerc colonial administration colonial Africa colonial courts colonial government colonial legal system colonial period colonial rule conflict context court records cultural custom customary law Dakar disputes economic established Faama Fallers French colonial French Soudan French West Africa indigenat indigenous individual involved Islamic Journal of African judicial jurisdiction of Muslim Kangah Kano kgotla kihamba labor Lagos land tenure Lapalud law in colonial lieutenant-governor lineage litigants London Mademba magistrates Mann Muslim courts Muslim law Muslim tribunals mutala Nakati Namasiga Ngwaketse Nigeria Northern Rhodesia oath officials originaires ownership persons political precolonial Protectorate regime Roberts role rule of law rulers Saida Seepapitso Segu Senegal Sinsani slavery slaves social society Taiwo theft trade traditional Tswana University Press Valantini Yoruba Zambia

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