Colonial "customary law" invented in Africa

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• The Invention of Tradition (Canto Classics) whole source · open book

  What were called customary law, customary land-rights, customary political structure and so on, were in fact all invented by colonial codification.

  chapter: 6 The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa

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