The Vindication of Chaka Zulu
Retreat into the Enchantment of the Past
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18972790 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Bawa Yamba (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0155-977X • E-ISSN: 1558-5727 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/015597705780275093 |
| OpenAlex | W2131588635 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The article deals with two competing explanations advanced by local people in a Zambian village to make sense of the presence of man-eating crocodiles in the area. One faction explains the events in rational terms, while the other sees them as the work of witches, as a result of which they demand the return of a witchfinder, whose activities a decade ago had left 16 people dead. The article shows how the competing explanations are reflections of political rivalry between the local chieftainess and her detractors, who perceive her attempts to modernize the area as a way to line her own pocket. The rationalized versus enchanted definitions of events form the point of departure for examining some of the underlying premises of the extended-case method, namely, those of perceiving social phenomena as constituting an interrelated whole, and for determining when to close the flow of events for analysis
Aesthetics · Economics · Epistemology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Rivalry · Sociology · Zulu · African studies and sociopolitical issues · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |