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This article draws on the author's experience of teaching African Studies to undergraduate South African students in order to reflect on some of the key challenges facing teachers of African Studies, both in South Africa and beyond. In particular, it discusses challenges relating to teaching a field as contested as African Studies, looking at whether teaching African alternatives to mainstream African politics is helpful and at whether and how one can teach Africa in a way that encourages and develops critical thinking. The article also explores how the racial politics of the context in which one teaches African Studies inevitably affects the way in which students engage with the content of the course. While the article discusses these issues in relation to the South African higher education context in particular, implications for other contexts are also highlighted.

Contents: The Organization of African unity, by Arnold Rivkin; Zambia and Rhodesia: a study in contrast, by Richard Brown; New motifs in West Africa, by Walter A. E. Skurnik; Rebellion in the Congo, by Marvin D. Markowitz and Herbert F. Weiss; Tanzania; myth and reality, by Lionel Cliffe; The Republic of South Africa, by Colin Rhys Lovell.

Contents are grouped under the headings: Africa and the East-West cleavage; Cultural development in Africa; Africa and the United States; The trials of democracy in Africa: Africa and the United Nations.

China's new foreign policy towards Africa -- The Chinese in Africa: capitalists, comrades and carpet baggers -- Africa turns East -- Between hope and fear: Western reactions to China -- Consolidating China - Africa relations

Africa remains the least industrialised region in the world. Yet industrialisation is critical for growth and catching up, as well as for development more broadly. This article begins by discussing industrialisation in Africa through the lens of Thandika Mkandawire's writings on the subject, within the context of his broader thinking on development. In particular, it reflects on his perspectives on structural change and industrialisation; the phases of industrialisation and deindustrialisation in Africa; the political economy of industrialisation in Africa; social policy and industrialisation; and trade and regional integration. The author provides an analysis of some key issues pertaining to industrial development and policy in Africa and argues that the weaknesses of industrialisation in Africa, and the periodic reversals through premature deindustrialisation, have not only hampered economic growth and development, but have also influenced the political economy of African countries, with wider social and political effects. Similarly, state capacity for industrial policy is built through 'learning by doing' in the actual practice of industrial policy. Amongst the key topical issues discussed in the article for industrialisation in Africa are upgrading and technological progress, regional integration, and the greening of industrialisation. A vision is put forward for 'Transformative Industrialisation for Africa' (TIfA).