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A Constitutional History of the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland), 1960–1982

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  1. Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini

    1. University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

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  • Offers the first constitutional history of Swaziland (Eswatini)
  • Examines the alliance between King Sobhuza and apartheid South Africa and the role it played in shoring up the monarchical system
  • Foregrounds the struggle for power between monarchists and progressive, Western-educated elites

Part of the book series: African Histories and Modernities (AHAM)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini
      Pages 3-29

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 349-366
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About this book

Swaziland—recently renamed Eswatini—is the only nation-state in Africa with a functioning indigenous political system. Elsewhere on the continent, most departing colonial administrators were succeeded by Western-educated elites. In Swaziland, traditional Swazi leaders managed to establish an absolute monarchy instead, qualified by the author as benevolent and people-centred, a system which they have successfully defended from competing political forces since the 1970s. This book is the first to study the constitutional history of this monarchy. It examines its origins in the colonial era, the financial support it received from white settlers and apartheid South Africa, and the challenges it faced from political parties and the judiciary, before King Sobhuza II finally consolidated power in 1978 with an auto-coup d’état. As Hlengiwe Dlamini shows, the history of constitution-making in Swaziland is rich, complex, and full of overlooked insight for historians of Africa.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

    Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini

About the author

Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini is a postdoctoral fellow in the International Studies Group at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. She received her PhD from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and her research interests include the governance of public space, community policing, the enfranchisement of women, and Islamic minorities in Swaziland. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Constitutional History of the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland), 1960–1982

  • Authors: Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini

  • Series Title: African Histories and Modernities

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24777-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24776-8Published: 02 October 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24779-9Published: 02 October 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24777-5Published: 25 September 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2634-5773

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-5781

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 366

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: History of Sub-Saharan Africa, Legal History, Political History, Imperialism and Colonialism

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