Includes bibliographical references and index.

Constitutionalism in Africa : yesterday, today and tomorrow / J. Oloka-Onyango -- Constitutional change and cultural engineering : Africa's search for new directions / Ali A. Mazrui -- Language and politics : towards a new lexicon of African constitutionalism / Anthonia Kalu -- Pan Africanism and constitutionalism / Tajudeen Abdul Raheem -- Culture, ethnicity and citizenship : reflections on Senegal and Rwanda / Bibiane Gahamanyi-Mbaye -- Liberating African civil society : towards a new context of citizen participation and progressive constitutionalism / Peter Mukidi Walubiri -- Ethnicity and constitutionalism in post-genocide Rwanda / Jean Marie Kamatali --

Constitutions, law and civil society : discourses on the legitimacy of people's power / Willy Mutunga -- Culture, gender and constitutional restructuring in Nigeria / Charmaine Pereira -- Equality, discrimination and constitutionalism in Muslim Africa / Ola Abou Zeid -- Women, politics and gender politiking : questions from Kenya / Kivutha Kibwana --Gender and affirmative action in post-1995 Uganda : a new dispensation, or business as usual? / Sylvia Tamale --

Constitution making in Eritrea : democratic transition through popular participation / Bereket Habte Selassie -- The national conference as a new mode of constitutionalism / Aminata Diaw -- The challenges of constitution-making and implemenation in Uganda / Benjamin J. Odoki -- Ruled from the grave : challenging antiquated constitutional doctrines and values in Commonwealth Africa / Grace Patrick Tumwine-Mukubwa -- Breaking the barriers : radical constitutionalism in the new African century / Makau Mutua -- Towards the future : confronting myriad constitutional challenges / J. Oloka-Onyango.