Originally published in 1966, this book brings together papers dealing with the emergence and development of elites in sub-Saharan Africa among social categories ranging from farmers and women market traders through foremen and merchants to administrators and managers in government and industry.
Originally published in 1966, this book brings together papers dealing with the emergence and development of elites in sub-Saharan Africa among social categories ranging from farmers and women market traders through foremen and merchants to administrators and managers in government and industry. The authors analyse distinctive social characteristics and attitudes and the development of class consciousness.
'...these admirable studies offer one of the best introductions to the protocol of meeting the elites of Tropical Africa.' West Africa
Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Special Studies 1. The Emergence of an Elite: A Case Study of a West Coast Family Margaret Priestley 2. The Evolution of Elites in Ghana K. E. de Graft-Johnson 3. Masses et elites en Afrique noire: le cas du Togo M. F. N'Sougan Agblemagnon 4. The Social Characteristics of an Emergent Elite in Harare M. B. Lukhero 5. Attitudes Towards Marriage and the Family Among Educated Young Sierra Leoneans Kenneth Little 6. Education and Family Life in the Development of Class Identification Among the Yoruba Barbara B. Lloyd 7. Parente et classe sociale a Porto-novo, Dahomey M. Claude Tardits 8. Social Aspirations, Magic and Witchcraft in Ghana: A Social Psychological Interpretation Gustav Jahoda 9. African Elites in Industrial Bureaucracy C. Kumalo 10. L'emergence de cadres de base africains dans l'industrie M. A. Hauser 11. Les femmes commercantes au detail sur les marches dakarois D. van der Vaeren-Aguessy 12. Aspects of Occupational Prestige in a Plural Society J. C. Mitchell 13. Social Networks of Farmers Among the Plateau Tonga of Zambia A. D. Jones 14. The Tribal Elite and the Transkeian Elections of 1963 Philip Mayer 15. Class Consciousness and Class Solidarity in the New Ethiopian Elites Donald N. Levine 16. Class Consciousness Among the Yoruba P. C. Lloyd 17. The Concept of Elites and their Formation in Uganda A. W. Southall 18. Elites et forces politiques P. Mercier