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Customary law and so called 'traditional authorities' continue to play vital roles in many African societies today. The codification and co-optation or oppression by 'the state' have been identified as major problems impinging on the dynamism of the living customary law and the independence and downward-accountability of traditional authorities. But what does customary law and traditional authority offer to the state? On the one hand, the state is expected to act as the 'sovereign' and to provide a comprehensive political structure. On the other, for pragmatic or ideological reasons, it has...