Chapter 1 Relating Class to State in Africa, Nelson Kasfir; Chapter 2 Class, State, and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria, Richard A. Joseph; Chapter 3 The Trajectory of Class and State in Dependent Development: The Consequences of New Wealth for Botswana, Jack Parson; Chapter 4 External Actors and the Relative Autonomy of the Political Aristocracy in Zaire, Thomas M. Callaghy; Chapter 5 State, Magendo, and Class Formation in Uganda, Nelson Kasfir; Chapter 6 People’s War, State Formation and Revolution in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and Angola, Patrick Chabal;