Editorials
Editorial
Democracy, development and defence
Chris Allen
Original Articles
The legacy of a Pariah state: South Africa’s Arms trade in the 1990s
Susan Willett
Scholars and democratic politics in Nigeria
Bjorn Beckman & Attahiru Jega
The study of political transitions in Africa
Eghosa E. Osaghae
Oil rents, international loans and Agrarian policies in Nigeria, 1970–1992
Andrew C. Okolie
Opening political space in Cameroon: the ambiguous response of the Mbororo
Lucy Davis
Debate
The left and the question of democratic transition in Kenya: A reply to Mwakenya
Rok Ajulu
Briefings
The Islamists, the democratic opposition and the search for a political solution in Algeria
Hugh Roberts
Miscellany
Nigeria in crisis: Nigeria, oil and the Ogoni
Ken Saro‐Wiwa
Blatant bias against Nigerian writer on trial for his life
Ogoni widow
Hilary Rouse‐Amadi
Nigeria: the continuing disintegration of rule of law
Nigerian universities and academic staff under military rule
Attahiru Jega
The state vs. the academic unions in post‐colonial Kenya
Alamin Mazrui & Willy Mutunga
Kenya: the trial of Koigi wa Wamwere et al.
David Bryan Sullivan
When the troops go home: Somalia after the intervention
John Prendergast
Banana wars in Somalia
Economic prospects for Africa
David Seddon
The World Bank at the ASA (African Studies Association) meetings
George Caffentzis & Silvia Federici
The state in Africa: indigenous and modern aspects
Book reviews
Inga Brandell & Fatiha Talahite
And Finally
Correction
Erratum
Miscellany
Conferences
Editorial working group
