States and power in Africa : comparative lessons in authority and control / Jeffrey Herbst ; with new preface by the author.

Citizen and subject : contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism / Mahmood Mamdani, with a new preface by the author.

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States and power in Africa : comparative lessons in authority and control / Jeffrey Herbst ; with new preface by the author.

Citizen and subject : contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism / Mahmood Mamdani, with a new preface by the author.