Kwesi Kwaa Prah, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Western Cape

"The papers here are a collection of vigorous and salient arguments advanced by emergent African scholarship which attempts with radical tenor to clarify the contradictions of African society. The notion of sovereignty is employed to examine the societal dynamics of contemporary Africa. The papers display intellectual originality, freshness and authority in the explorations they make. For academics, this volume is an encouraging product of our times and would serve to define African realities more autonomously."