Civil Society and the Political Imagination in Africa

Preface
1. Introduction
John L. and Jean Comaroff
2. Practicing Citizenship in Imperial Paris
Gary Wilder
3. Developing Bushmen: Building Civil(ized) Society in the Kalahari and Beyond
Elizabeth Garland
4. Civil Society and Its Presuppositions: Lessons from Uganda
Mikael Karlström
5. Colonial Constructions- Historicizing Debates on Civil Society in Africa
William Cunningham Bissell
6. Stating Politisi: The Dialogues of Publicity and Secrecy in Sierra Leone
Mariane Ferme
7. Civil Lives: Leadership and Accomplishment in Botswana
Deborah Durham
8. Debating Muslims, Disputed Practices: Struggles for the Realization of an Alternative Moral Order in Niger
Adeline Masquelier
9. Curl Up and Dye: Civil Society and the Fashion-Minded Citizen
Amy Stambach
10. IBB= 419: Nigerian Democracy and the Politics of Illusion
Andrew Apter
List of Contributors
Index