"Papers ... given at a faculty Seminar on African Politics at Boston University's African Studies Center (1963-1965)"

Includes bibliographical references.

Religion and politics in independent African states: a prolegomenon, by V. C. Ferkiss.--Pan-African trade-union organization, by D. Nelkin. --Co-operation, conflict, and conscription: TANU-TFL relations, 1955-19 64, by W. H. Friedland.--Trade unionism develops in Ethiopia, by A. Zac k.--Chieftaincy and the adaptation of customary law in Ghana, by L. Rub in.--Political and constitutional change in the Bechuanaland Protectora te, by R. H. Edwards.--An informal political economy, by G. Jenkins.--D ilemmas of political theory in an African context: the ideology of Juli us Nyerere, by H. Glickman.--TANU and UPC: the impact of independence o n two African nationalist parties, by J. S. Nye, Jr.--Politics in Ugand a: the Buganda question, by T. K. Hopkins.--Majimbo schemes in Kenya an d Uganda, by D. Rothchild.--Party and state relations in Guinea, by L. Behrman.