Rene Lemarchand

Scene of one of the biggest genocides of the last century Rwanda has become a household word, yet bitter disagreements persist as to its causes and consequences. Meer

First published in 1977, African Kingships in Perspective deals comparatively and analytically with dynamics of change in monarchical settings. It examines variant responses of African kingships to the challenge of modernity and political centralisation and to assess their successes and failures in the face of rapid social change. Meer