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African Societies

African Societies is a scholarly concept denoting the collective social formations, cultural systems, and political organizations indigenous to the African continent, distinguished by their historical development, diversity, and resilience within the broader study of human societies.

2K

Publications

104.2K

Citations

2.2K

Authors

541

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

134

Variants

African Society

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Publications

2K

Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument

Gail M. Gerhart, Patrick Chabal, Jean‐Pascal Daloz · Foreign Affairs · 1999 · 2K citations

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African Political Systems.

Wilfrid Dyson Hambly, M. Fortes, E. E. Evans‐Pritchard · American Sociological Review · 1940 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Body of Power, Spirit of Resistance: The Culture and History of a South African People.

Allen Isaacman, Jean Comaroff · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1987 · 704 citations

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African Systems of Kinship and Marriage

Lyndon Harries · African Affairs · 1951 · 686 citations

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Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa

Nicolas van de Walle, Daniel Posner · Foreign Affairs · 2005 · 655 citations

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Authors

2.2K

  1. JC
    Jean Comaroff

    University of Chicago, United States

    9 publications · 1.8K citations

    9

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  2. JC
    John Comaroff

    University of Chicago, United States

    9 publications · 1.7K citations

    9

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  3. JS
    Jennifer Seymour Whitaker

    9 publications · 677 citations

    9

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  4. LM
    Lucy Mair

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 462 citations

    8

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  5. BF
    Bill Freund

    University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    7 publications · 257 citations

    7

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Institutions

541

  1. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    22 h-index

    45 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    20 h-index

    46 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    18 publications

    794 citations

  4. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    16 h-index

    33 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    15 h-index

    24 publications

    842 citations

  6. Stellenbosch University

    Stellenbosch, South Africa

    14 h-index

    24 publications

    629 citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    29 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    13 h-index

    17 publications

    864 citations

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Venues

  1. African Affairs

    127 publications · 7.5K citations

    48

    h-index

  2. 45

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 91 publications · 6.8K citations

    42

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  4. Africa

    85 publications · 3.1K citations

    32

    h-index

  5. The Journal of Modern African Studies

    57 publications · 2.8K citations

    28

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