Books by John L. Comaroff

Contains photographs of British anthropologist Isaac Schapera (1905-2003) taken between 1929 and 1934, during his earliest work among Kgatla peoples of Bechuanaland (Botswana). Covering a spectrum of daily activities, this book includes depictions from pot making, thatching, cattle herding to village architecture, and more.

These essays explore the diverse, unexpected and controversial ways in which the idea of civil society has entered into populist politics and public debate throughout Africa. It shows how struggles over civil society reveal much about larger historical forces in the post-Cold War era.

Exploring the changing relationship between culture and the market, this book addresses the question: Wherein lies the future of ethnicity? It offers an account of the ways in which ethnic populations are remaking themselves in the image of the corporation - while corporations coopt ethnic practices to open up new markets of consumption.