Includes bibliographical references and index.

Africa on a global stage: an introduction / Tanya Lyons and Geralyn Pye -- The impact of theories of civilisation and savagery on native policy in colonial Natal / Jeremy Martens -- Afrikaner and South African black nationalism: a cultural studies perspective / Eric Louw -- Two worlds: integration, synthesis or conflict? Psychological perspectives on cultural identity in Africa / Jane Gilbert -- 'The second betrayal?' Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide / Colin Cameron -- Global impulses/local politics: comparing two eras of constitution-making in Kenya / Edith Miguda -- Economic partnership agreements: reducing poverty through enhancing regional integration between the ACP and the EU / Teresa Thorp -- The World Bank, PRSPS and African poverty / Helen Ware -- African conflicts, colonialism and contemporary intervention / William Reno.