CONTENTS
EDITORS' NOTE		.   p. vii
PREFACE. Professor A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, M.A. (Cantab.), Emeritus
Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Oxford.	xi
INTRODUCTION. Dr. M. Fortes and Professor E. E. Evans-Pntchard	i
Aims of this Book. A Representative Sample of African. Societies. Political Philosophy and Comparative Politics. The Two Types of Political System Studied. Kinship in Political Organization. The Influence of Demography. The Influence of Mode of Livelihood. Composite Political Systems and the Conquest Theory. The Territorial Aspect. The Balance of Forces in the Political System, The Incidence and Function of Organised Force. Differences in Response to European Rule. The Mystical Values Associated with Political Office. The Problem of the Limits of the Political Group.
THE KINGDOM OF THE ZULU OF SOUTH AFRICA.  Max Gluckman.   B.A.   (How.)   (Witwatersrand),   D.Phil.   (Oxon). Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Manchester         25 Historical Introduction.  The Zulu King and the State.  Status and Political Power. The Tribes within the Nation, Sanctions on Authority and the Stability of the State.  The People and their Leaders. The Period of European Rule. Conclusion.
THE POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE NGWATO OF
BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE. /. Schapera, M.A,
(Cape town), Ph.D., D.Sc.(London), F.R.S.S.Af. Professor of
Social Anthropology in the University of Cape toton ...	56
Ethnic Composition and Territorial Constitution. The Administrative System. Powers and Authority of the Chief. Rights and Responsibilities of Chieftainship.
THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THE BEMBA TRIBE—NORTH
EASTERN RHODESIA. Audrey I. Richards, M.A«(Cantab\
Ph.D.(London). Reader in Social Anthropology at the London
School of Economics and Political Science, University of London	83
Bantu Political Organization—-Some General Features. The Bemba Tribe: Tribal Composition—Social Grouping—Kinship —Local Grouping—Rank—Other Principles of Social Grouping —Economic Background—White Administration. Bases of Authority: The Dogma of Descent—Legal Rules of Descent and Succession. Functions and Prerogatives of Authority: The Headman—the Chief. The Machinery of Government: Administrative —Military—Judicial—Advisory, The Integration of the Tribe. Post-European Changes: New Authorities introduced—Effects of the 1929 Ordinances.
THE KINGDOM OF ANKOLE IN UGANDA K. Oberg, A.M., Ph.D.(Chicago)t Escola Livre de Sociologia e Politica, SSo Paulo,
Brazil	1^1
Traditional and Historical Background. Political Status, the King and the Royal Kraal. Tribute. The Cult of Bagyendanwa. Succession. Conclusion.