Emma Hunter is a lecturer in African history at the University of Edinburgh. Previously, she was a lecturer in history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. She is the author of Political Thought and the Public Sphere in Tanzania: Freedom, Democracy and Citizenship in the Era of Decolonization.John Lonsdale is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

"This edited volume offers an important contribution to the study of citizenship and community in colonial and early post-colonial Africa. The volume's thematic and geographical diversity are a testament to the richness of the field, and several contributors offer examples and methods for a more sophisticated reading of the continent's contentious political history."

Emma Hunter is a lecturer in African history at the University of Edinburgh. Previously, she was a lecturer in history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. She is the author of Political Thought and the Public Sphere in Tanzania: Freedom, Democracy and Citizenship in the Era of Decolonization.John Lonsdale is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

"This edited volume offers an important contribution to the study of citizenship and community in colonial and early post-colonial Africa. The volume's thematic and geographical diversity are a testament to the richness of the field, and several contributors offer examples and methods for a more sophisticated reading of the continent's contentious political history."

Emma Hunter is a lecturer in African history at the University of Edinburgh. Previously, she was a lecturer in history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. She is the author of Political Thought and the Public Sphere in Tanzania: Freedom, Democracy and Citizenship in the Era of Decolonization.John Lonsdale is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

"This edited volume offers an important contribution to the study of citizenship and community in colonial and early post-colonial Africa. The volume's thematic and geographical diversity are a testament to the richness of the field, and several contributors offer examples and methods for a more sophisticated reading of the continent's contentious political history."