AJOL: CODESRIA Bulletin : No 1, 2000

CONTENTS		Page
Editorial Trends of Our Times
	African Modes of Self Writing Achille Mbembe	4
	The Senegalese Murid Trade Diaspora and the Making of A Vernacular Cosmopolitanism Mamadou Diouf	19
	Perspectives on Globalisation and Its Structures Hakim Ben Hammouda	31
Symposium: Civil Society and the Public Space
	Civil Society and the Public Space in Africa Béatrice Hibou and Richard Banégas	39
	Political Changes in the Maghreb Mohammed Tozy	47
	The Popularisation of Political Violence in the Congo Remy Bazenguissa-Ganga	55
Conversation: Race and Identity in Africa
	Race and Identity in Africa: Concept paper Wambui Mwangi and André Zaaiman	60
	Race, Identity and Africanity Fabien Eboussi Boulaga	61
	Africanity: A Combative Ontology Archie Mafeje	66
	A Word from a Non Black African Mahmoud Ben Romdhane	72
	African Continuities in African American Social Dance Stanley Tarvet	73
Conference Notes
	State and Taxation in Africa	80
	Gender and National Politics in Africa	81
	Democratic Transitions in Anglophone West Africa	81
	Urban Processes and Change in Africa	82
	Methodological Workshop	83
	Africa in the Brazilian Imaginaire	84