Logan, Carolyn. "Selected Chiefs, Elected Councilors and Hybrid Democrats: Popular Perspectives On The Co-Existence Of Democracy And Traditional Authority." The Journal of Modern African Studies 47, no.1 (2009): 101-128.

The paper sparks a debate about the proper role of African traditional leaders in contemporary politics in Africa. Logan questions if traditional authority and democratic governance are compatible or they contradict each other. She concludes that Africans appear to have adapted to the hybridization of political institutions as the debate points to traditional institutions as outmoded whilst state institutions are seen as modern and democratic.