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Accepted Paper:
Power-sharing in a colonial situation? Parallel rule of colonial authorities and Tuareg chiefs in Northern Mali
Georg Klute
(University of Bayreuth)
Paper short abstract:
The paper reconstructs the power-relations between colonial authorities and a group of local chiefs in Northern Mali. It highlights the fact that in this ‘colonial situation’ (Balandier) the chiefs disposed of a degree of power comparable to the one the colonial authorities exerted.
Paper long abstract:
The paper reconstructs the power-relations between colonial authorities and a group of local chiefs in Northern Mali. It highlights the fact that in this 'colonial situation' (Balandier) the chiefs disposed of a degree of power comparable to the one the colonial authorities exerted. By using the concept of 'basic legitimacy', the paper shows that in anthropological and sociological studies on power one form of basic legitimacy is of particular relevance: the basic legitimacy of the protection against violence. It is further argued that this holds true for the study of any form of power, state and non-state ones, in or outside a 'colonial situation'.
Panel
P099
Traditional Chiefs and Democratic Political Culture for Africa
Session 1