Now that nearly twenty years have passed since the collapse of the Soviet bloc there is a need to understand what has taken place since that historic date and where we are at the moment. Bringing tog
Anthropologists and other social scientists identify various actors--living or dead, material or immaterial--that shape or contribute to African politics today. Their topics include African political
In Africa, the distribution of power and powerlessness seems to be more rigid than on other continents. Political power is in the hands of narrow elites, while the overwhelming majority has hardly any
