Editorial Note
One. Chiefs, Capital, and the State in Contemporary Africa: An Introduction
John and Jean Comaroff
Two. African Chiefs and the Post–Cold War Moment: Millennial Capitalism and the Struggle over Moral Authority
Peter Geschiere
Three. Chieftaincy, Land, and the State in Ghana and South Africa
Sara Berry
Four. The Salience of Chiefs in Postapartheid South Africa: Reflections on the Nhlapo Commission
Mbongiseni Buthelezi and Dineo Skosana
Five. The Politics of States and Chiefs in Zimbabwe
Jocelyn Alexander
Six. Paramount Chiefs, Land, and Local-National Politics in Sierra Leone
Mariane Ferme
Seven. Republic of Kings: Neotraditionalism, Aristocratic Ethos, and Authoritarianism in Burkina Faso
Benoît Beucher
Eight. Corporate Kings and South Africa’s Traditional-Industrial Complex
Susan Cook
Nine. The Currency of Chieftaincy: Corporate Branding and the Commodification of Political Authority in Ghana
Lauren Adrover
Ten. Fallen Chiefs and Sacrificial Mining in Ghana
Lauren Coyle
Eleven. Colonizing Banro: Kingship, Temporality, and Mining of Futures in the Goldfields of South Kivu, DRC
James Smith
Twelve. Third Contact: Invisibility and Recognition of the Customary in Northern Mozambique
Juan Obarrio
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index