Traditional institutions in contemporary African governance / edited by Kidane Mengisteab and Gerard Hagg.

Institutional fragmentation in Africa and its implications
Leadership structures and adherence levels of traditional institutions
Traditional institutions of governance in a democratic South Africa
Traditional institutions of the Booranaa and the Nuer in Ethiopia
Traditional institutions in Somaliland
Traditional institutions of the Gurage people
Traditional institutions of the Meru, Pokot, and Mijikenda communities in Kenya
Eritrea's experience in reconciling the formal and traditional institutions in its judicial system
The relevance of Lesotho's chieftainship system to contemporary governance
'Civil chieftaincy' in African governance
Relevance of traditional institutions and how they might be reconciled with the formal institutions.