Foreword / Adam Kuper
The Right Book at the Right Time: Early Reactions and Continuing Debates / Aleksandar Bošković
African Political Systems and Political Anthropology / Herbert S. Lewis
Complementary Segmentary Opposition, Early Kingship and the Looming State: Bridging the Dichotomy of African Political Systems / Simon Simonse
The Shilluk reth: Early King or Head of State? An Inter-Nilotic Exploration / Simon Simonse
From African Political Systems and Tribes Without Rulers via The Early State towards a New Approach to the Political Anthropology of Africa / Petr Skalník
Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment in Ankole: Revisiting the Chapter by Oberg / Günther Schlee
Beyond African Political Systems? The Relevance of Patrilineal Descent in Moments of Crisis in Northern Somalia / Markus V. Hoehne
Some Notes on the Tuareg (Kinin) of Northern Darfur / Munzoul Assal
The Nkandla Controversy: Insights from African Political Systems / Robin Palmer
Rethinking Tswana Kingships and Their Incorporation in Modern Botswana State Formation / Ørnulf Gulbrandsen
Afterword / Bilinda Straight.