Descent groups, chiefdoms and South African historiography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4603944 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W D Hammond‐tooke (University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 305-319 |
| Publication date | 1985-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057078508708102 |
| OpenAlex | W2098716995 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 23 |
A number of impressive historical studies by a group of young South African scholars has recently appeared, seeking to apply new insights in tracing the effects of the imposition of colonial rule over the indigenous peoples of the sub-continent (e.g. Slater 1976; Hedges 1978; Peires 1981; Bonner 1980, 1983; Guy 1979, 1981; Delius 1982, Hamilton and Wright 1984). Some of these authors, notably Slater, Hedges, Guy, Bonner, Hamilton and Wright, seek, as a starting point of their analyses, to establish the nature of the ‘mutation’ to chieftainship that must have occurred from a previous period in which there were no chiefs. These works focus mainly on the Nguni, especially the incorporative states of Zulu and Swazi; others, like those of Peires on the Xhosa and Delius on the Pedi, tend to assume chieftainship as given and take their analyses from there
African studies · Chiefdom · Clan · Colonialism · Ethnology · Exogamy · Genealogy · Historiography · Indigenous · Kinship · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sine qua non · Sociology · Xhosa · Zulu · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2025 (41) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |