Preface1. IntroductionJohn L. and Jean Comaroff2. Practicing Citizenship in Imperial ParisGary Wilder3. Developing Bushmen: Building Civil(ized) Society in the Kalahari and BeyondElizabeth Garland4. Civil Society and Its Presuppositions: Lessons from UgandaMikael Karlstrom5. Colonial Constructions- Historicizing Debates on Civil Society in AfricaWilliam Cunningham Bissell6. Stating Politisi: The Dialogues of Publicity and Secrecy in Sierra LeoneMariane Ferme7. Civil Lives: Leadership and Accomplishment in BotswanaDeborah Durham8. Debating Muslims, Disputed Practices: Struggles for the Realization of an Alternative Moral Order in NigerAdeline Masquelier9. Curl Up and Dye: Civil Society and the Fashion-Minded CitizenAmy Stambach10. IBB= 419: Nigerian Democracy and the Politics of IllusionAndrew ApterList of ContributorsIndex