Constitutional government and the future of constitutionalism in Africa / Okon Akiba -- Impact of imperialism on constituional thought in Africa / Peter P.Ekeh -- On the study of constitutional government in Africa / Richard L. Sklar -- Of citizens and citizenship / Ohufemi Taiwo -- Great Lakes crisis / Mahmood Mamdani -- Ethnicity, the state, and constitutionalism in Africa / Eghosa E. Osaghae -- Constitutionalism and political inclusion in Nigeria / John Boye Ejobowah -- Bringing the military and security agencies under democratic control / Eboe Hutchful -- Competing images of Africa / Crawford Young -- We, the people, our dignity and the Constitution