A Glimpse at African Studies, Made in USA
Mahmood Mamadani
Abstract: The paper tries to give a glimpse at African studies that were presented as working papers at the Carter Seminar, in the United States of America. The author critically examines some of these papers. He concludes that despite a desire to be ‘relevant’ and a well-meaning concern for the crisis that is Africa - motives that may have been widely shared amongst the Africanists who gathered at the Carter Centre Seminar - there is reason to pause before rushing to look for ‘the solution’ to Africa’s ‘predicament’.