The roots of resilience: Exploring popular support for African traditional authorities

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Journal Article The roots of resilience: Exploring popular support for African traditional authorities Get access Carolyn Logan Carolyn Logan * *Carolyn Logan (clogan@msu.edu) is Deputy Director of the Afrobarometer, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University. Valuable comments on earlier drafts were provided by Michael Bratton, participants at a conference on ‘Customary Governance and Democracy-Building’ hosted by International IDEA in September 2010, and participants at a World Bank Governance and Anticorruption (GAC) Learning Series seminar in May 2011, along with two anonymous reviewers. The author gratefully acknowledges the support of the World Bank and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) for the preparation of earlier versions of this article. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 112, Issue 448, July 2013, Pages 353–376, https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adt025 Published: 01 July 2013