Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. 1 Introduction 1
6. 2 Making Sense of the Western Encounter 20
7. 3 Cultural Identity and Development 49
8. 4 Political Economy and the Culture of Underdevelopment 71
9. 5 The Culture of Politics 97
10. 6 Ethnic Nationalism 128
11. 7 Islam, Religious Identity, and Politics 166
12. 8 Traditional Religions in Modern Africa 202
13. 9 English or Englishes? The Politics of Language and the Language of Politics 224
14. 10 Gender and Culture in Old and New Africa 250
15. 11 Africa, the Homeland: Diasporic Cultures 274
16. Bibliography 306
17. Index 341