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S. Ottenberg, Leadership and Authority in an African Society : The Afikpo Village Group. The American Ethnological Society, Monograph 52. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1971, pp. xvii, 336, maps, photographs, $ 9.50

S. Ottenberg, Leadership and Authority in an African Society : The Afikpo Village Group. The... 159 BOOK REVIEWS political scientist than for the journalist. This is because for the scholar these events are related to an analysis which explains them and which they modify. In the case of Cameroon, this does mean relating politics to social analysis which is not done by Professor LeVine. The use of statistics and official policy state- ments is not enough. The methods used in this book, however conscientiously and competently lead to a dead end, they cannot adequately explain the reality of Cameroonian society. And it is important that this reality should be explained not only in order to understand Cameroon but in order that we should be able to work towards providing an explanation of anglophone and francophone post-colonial realities in other parts of West Africa. University of Ife CAROLYNE DENNIS S. Ottenberg, Leadership and Authority in an African Society : The Afikpo Village Group. The American Ethnological Society, Monograph 52. Seattle, Uni- versity of Washington Press, 1971, pp. xvii, 336, maps, photographs, $ 9.50. This book is, in effect, the second volume of an ethnographic study of Afikpo villages and village-groups, the first of which was the author's Double Descent in an African Society. Together http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Asian and African Studies (in 2002 continued as African and Asian Studies) Brill

S. Ottenberg, Leadership and Authority in an African Society : The Afikpo Village Group. The American Ethnological Society, Monograph 52. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1971, pp. xvii, 336, maps, photographs, $ 9.50

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Brill
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© 1973 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0021-9096
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1568-5217
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10.1163/156852173X00598
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159 BOOK REVIEWS political scientist than for the journalist. This is because for the scholar these events are related to an analysis which explains them and which they modify. In the case of Cameroon, this does mean relating politics to social analysis which is not done by Professor LeVine. The use of statistics and official policy state- ments is not enough. The methods used in this book, however conscientiously and competently lead to a dead end, they cannot adequately explain the reality of Cameroonian society. And it is important that this reality should be explained not only in order to understand Cameroon but in order that we should be able to work towards providing an explanation of anglophone and francophone post-colonial realities in other parts of West Africa. University of Ife CAROLYNE DENNIS S. Ottenberg, Leadership and Authority in an African Society : The Afikpo Village Group. The American Ethnological Society, Monograph 52. Seattle, Uni- versity of Washington Press, 1971, pp. xvii, 336, maps, photographs, $ 9.50. This book is, in effect, the second volume of an ethnographic study of Afikpo villages and village-groups, the first of which was the author's Double Descent in an African Society. Together

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Published: Jan 1, 1973

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