CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE. MEMORY WORK IN THE AGE OF THE CINQ CHANTIERS ix
4. NOTE ON TOPONYMS xvii
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix
6. INTRODUCTION. THE SCHOOL OF THE WORLD 1
7. INTERLUDE I POSTAL MUSINGS
8. ONE. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE PRODUCTION OF POLITICS 20
9. TWO. FRIENDLY CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE WHOLE WORLD 42
10. INTERLUDE II TO LIVE FOREVER AMONG BOOKS
11. THREE. PATHS TO SCHOOL 63
12. FOUR. DANCING THE RUMBA AT LOVANIUM 84
13. INTERLUDE III TO THE LEFT
14. FIVE. COLD WAR TRANSCRIPTS 103
15. SIX. REVOLUTION IN THE (COUNTER) REVOLUTION 129
16. SEVEN. A STUDENT FRONT 144
17. EIGHT (UN)NATURAL ALLIANCES 166
18. NINE. A POSTCOLONIAL MASSACRE AND CAPORALISATION IN MOBUTU’S CONGO 179
19. EPILOGUE: THE GAZE OF THE DEAD 201
20. NOTES 213
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 287
22. INDEX 323