Books in the African Perspectives series

Argues that the quality of citizens' interactions with the government through service provision sends them important signals about what they can hope to gain from political action. These interactions influence not only formal political behaviours, but also collective behaviour, political engagement, and subversive behaviours like tax evasion.

Despite the central role that animals play in African writing and daily life, African literature and African thinkers remain conspicuously absent from the field of animal studies. This book demonstrates the importance of African writing to animal studies.