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Who Ruled by the Spear? Rethinking the Form of Governance in the Ndebele State

by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni Abstract The current intellectual stampede over issues of governance in Africa has given birth to ahistorical evaluations of the crises bedeviling the African continent. Pre-colonial traditions and cultures have been unduly blamed for bequeathing politics of disorder on the post-colonial state without being carefully studied separately. This article offers a rebuttal to […]