Papers of Dr Ian Hamnett

Scope and Content

Lesotho political ephemera from the 1960s, including: Mohlabani (ed. Bennett Makalo Khaketla) 1st October 1964; Marematlou Freedom Party election manifesto 1965; Makatolle (Basutoland Congress Party); and political cartoons; press cuttings from the Bloemfontein Friend and other South African newspapers, 1966-67.
Research papers which Dr Ian Hamnet prepared from his field work in Lesotho concerning legal matters and land disputes among chiefs in Lesotho, 1950-1966. Includes: Masite Journal of notes, 1966; case studies from field work in Lesotho (Land Disputes) 1950-1966.

Administrative / Biographical History

Ian Hamnett, a social anthropologist, completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh on Sotho law and custom in Basutoland in 1970. He was subsequently senior lecturer in Sociology at the University of Bristol and is the author of Chieftainship and legitimacy: an anthropological study of executive law in Lesotho (London: Routledge, 1975).

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Note

Ian Hamnett, a social anthropologist, completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh on Sotho law and custom in Basutoland in 1970. He was subsequently senior lecturer in Sociology at the University of Bristol and is the author of Chieftainship and legitimacy: an anthropological study of executive law in Lesotho (London: Routledge, 1975).

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Bibliography

* Hamnett, Ian. Chieftainship and legitimacy: an anthropological study of executive law in Lesotho (London: Routledge, 1975).

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