Editorial
The struggle for the state in Southern Africa
Lionel Cliffe & Peter Lawrence
Original Articles
The unsteady state: Uganda, Obote and General Amin
John S. Saul
The ‘overdeveloped’ post colonial state: a re‐evaluation
Colin Leys
The state of ambivalence: right and left options in Ghana
Judith Marshall
Multinational corporations and the instability of the Nigerian state
Terisa Turner
Debates
Congress organisations and revolutionary movements: the real differences
Basil Davidson
Miscellany
Bibliographical supplement: current Africana no. 9
The class analysis of Tanzania: a comment on the debate
M.A. Bienefeld
Tanzania: neo colonialism and the struggle for national liberation
K. Nsari
Editorial working group
Book Reviews
Reviews
David Cooper & Martin A. Klein