Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction: Thinking through Love in Africa 1
6. 1. Love, Sex, and the Modern Girl in 1930s Southern Africa 31
7. 2. Making Love in the Indian Ocean: Hindi Films, Zanzibari Audiences, and the Construction of Romance in the 1950s and 1960s 58
8. 3. “Dear Dolly’s” Advice: Representations of Youth, Courtship, and Sexualities in Africa, 1960–1980 83
9. 4. Love, Money, and Economies of Intimacy in Tamatave, Madagascar 109
10. 5. Providing Love: Sex and Exchange in Twentieth-Century South Africa 135
11. 6. Managing Men, Marriage, and Modern Love: Women’s Perspectives on Intimacy and Male Infidelity in Southeastern Nigeria 157
12. 7. Media and the Therapeutic Ethos of Romantic Love in Middle-Class Nairobi 181
13. 8. Lessons from Rubí: Love, Poverty, and the Educational Value of Televised Dramas in Niger 204
14. References 229
15. Contributors 257
16. Index 259