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Author(s): Maciej Ząbek
Subject(s): Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Africa; Georges Balandier; political anthropology; customary law; Algerian war
Summary/Abstract: A collection of articles from the field of political anthropology in the context of African studies, covering history, culture and politics in Africa. The authors present the development of political anthropology from a historical perspective. They look back on the figure of Georges Balandier and analyse his works. The also write about customary law in refugee camps, events connected to the end of the war in Algeria, the modern history of both Sudans and about the “politicalness” of the filmmaker and anthropologist – Jean Rouch.

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