Contents

Inaugural Statements

• A Milestone in the Study of Africa
  Adebayo Olukoshi
• FSS Welcomes the Africa Review of Books
  FSS
• L'ARB, un plus pour les sciences sociales en Afrique
  CRASC

Political Science as an Obstacle to Understanding the Problem of the
State and Political Violence in Africa
Michael Chege

The Rwandan Genocide
Urusaro Alice Karekezi  

African Cultural Identity and Self-Writing
Godwin Murunga

Democracy in Africa
Roger Southall

“Small by Small, Nigeria dey Burn”
Sanya Osha

Les chercheurs africains, une “élite” ?
Ali El Kenz

Le Maghreb, le Sahara, l'Afrique et la langue berbère
Hassan Remaoun

Parcours d' intellectuels maghrébins
Amady Aly Deng

L'Afrique noire au Maroc
Bouazza Benachir

The Cultural Foundations of Philosophy
Lansana Keita