ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. Introduction ; 2. Making Sense of the Western Encounter ; 3. Cultural Identity and Development ; 4. Political Economy and the Culture of Underdevelopment ; 5. The Culture of Politics ; 6. Ethnic Nationalism ; 7. Islam, Religious Identity, and Politics ; 8. Traditional Religions in Modern Africa ; 9. English or Englishes? The Politics of Language and the Language of Politics ; 10. Gender and Culture in Old and New Africa ; 11. Africa, the Homeland: Diasporic Cultures ; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX