| Introduction |
293 |
| Kilson, Martin & Cohen, Mitchell |
| The Crisis of Legitimacy in Africa |
296 |
| Irele, Abiola |
| The Specter of Anarchy: African States Verging on Dissolution |
303 |
| Zolberg, Aristide R. |
| Africa: Democratic Theory and Democratic Struggles |
312 |
| Mamdani, Mahmood |
| The African Woman Today |
319 |
| Aidoo, Ama Ata |
| The Claws of Dictatorship in Zaire |
326 |
| Komisar, Lucy |
| Why Can't the North Understand Africa? |
331 |
| Mahieu, Francois Regis |
| Uses and Abuses of African Debt |
335 |
| George, Susan |
| African Literature as Celebration: Reflections of a Novelist |
344 |
| Achebe, Chinua |
| African Cinema |
350 |
| Wagner, Tereza & Ondobo, Claude |
| Literature in Postcolonial Africa |
353 |
| Jeyifo, Biodun |
| African Americans and Africa: A Critical Nexus |
361 |
| Kilson, Martin |
| South Africa: Reconstructing an Imperial State |
370 |
| Ashforth, Adam |
| The Unions of South Africa |
378 |
| Freund, Bill |
| A Letter from East Africa |
386 |
| Onyango-Obbo, Charles |
| Can Africa Conquer Famine? |
390 |
| Waal, Alex de & Duffield, Mark |
| AIDS in Africa |
397 |
| Schear, Stuart |
| The Future of Socialism in Africa |
399 |
| Sklar, Richard L. |
| The Future of Socialism in Africa: Comments |
405 |
| Bewitch, Bogdan |
| The Future of Socialism in Africa: Replies |
407 |
| Sklar, Richard |
| Islam and Politics in Black Africa |
408 |
| Radu, Michael |
| A Letter from Zimbabwe |
414 |
| Ngara, Emmanuel |