Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Chief by the People: Nomsimekwana Mdluli, Security, and Authority in the Time before Tribes
  • ch. 2 He Said He Wants to Be Registered as a Chief: Hereditary Chiefs and Government Tribes, 1843-1905
  • ch. 3 Ngangezwe Claims to Be a Hereditary Chief: Organizing Authority by Wards and War, 1905-1930
  • ch. 4 They Refuse to Go to Other Chiefs' Areas: The Nagle Dam and Forced Removals, 1930-1950
  • ch. 5 He Said He Wanted the Tribe to Decide: Boundaries and Betterment, 1948-1971
  • ch. 6 Only the Fourth Chief: Ethnic Politics and Land Jurisdiction, 1971-1988
  • ch. 7 Because My People Are in the MDM, I Have to Be with Them: Ethnic and African Nationalist Politics during Civil War, 1983-1990
  • ch. 8 They Were Worried about the Way Our Chief Was Managing His Nation: Land, Authority, and Belonging, 1990-1996.