162 AFRICAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS
in terms of the political situation and the age-old magical conceptions present in the culture. In other words, the political structure of the Banyankole is understandable only when we know the objective situation out of which it grew and the cultural material out of which it was created.
The imposition of British rule, of course, has brought about grc^t Changes. Clientship, serfdom, and slavery as political relationships have disappeared. The Mugabe, although still part of the picture, is no longer a political leader and magical power as of old. The effects of British rule have altered, not only the political relationships, but also the fundamental nature of the kinship relationships, besides introducing new relationships of a legal nature between the Native and the white man, on the one hand, and between the Native and the Indian, on the other. A significant discussion of these new bonds as they touch personal relationships, land, economic activities, and governmental machinery requires more space than this paper will allow.