Contents: - Preface Mlambo, Alois S - Western Social Sciences and Africa: The Domination and Marginalisation of a Continent Chachage, Seithy LChachage - The University as a Site of Knowledge: The Role of Basic Research El ? Baz, Shahida - Globalisation: and the Challenge of Democracy in Arab North Africa Ninsin, Kwame A - The Contradictions and Ironies of Elections in Africa Ernest Wamba ? dia ? Wamla - Zaire: From the National Conference to the Federal Republic of the Comgo Bjorn Beckman - Student Radicalism and the National Project: the Nigerian Student Movement Bashir Mbaye Lo - Evolution of Arabic Literature in Western Africa Gary Armstrong and Richard Giulianotti - Football in Africa : Conflict, Concilliation and Community Reviewed by: Chris Bolsman Arabic Language