"With "Expectations of Modernity James Ferguson has once more made
an important contribution to the reconstruction of anthropology.
His own vivid ethnography of urban lives in the late twentieth
century offers new understandings of culture and cosmopolitanism,
while his sense of the wider picture helps us see Africa, in a
difficult period, as the continent which contemporary globalization
rhetoric conveniently forgets. This is contemporary anthropology of
the most relevant, responsible and intellectually sophisticated
kind." --Ulf Hannerz, Stockholm University
"A deeply thoughtful book, written with enormous sensitivity. I
much admired Ferguson's very original take on African 'modernity.'
His engagement with cultural studies is always informed by a deep
historical understanding and an appreciation of economic realities.
He connects critically but sympathetically with both his informants
and with earlier generations of urban anthropologists. The book is
often moving--the hardships of life in this 'abject' postmodern
setting are too evident, but the amazing creativity of urban
'citemene' culture is wonderfully described. And Ferguson's account
of the fraught, conflictual and sometimes violent nature of gender
relations is extremely important. Certainly one of the best books
on Africa I have read in recent years, this will be required
reading for anthropologists and historians." --Megan Vaughan,
Oxford University
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