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Foreign universities are not the cure to the glut on the American job market, for the glut is a world-wide phenomenon, particularly in African studies. Americans already constitute a sizable proportion of academics in Canada, Australia, Britain, and Africa and the backlash against them is already developing in some. But some systems are still expanding, such as those in Nigeria and Australia, and they offer perhaps the best chances for jobs in the immediate future.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword - Thomas Spear -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Late Colonial Childhoods -- 2. Entering Secondary Education -- 3. Confronting the Cambridge Exams -- 4. Making a Career -- 5. Entering an Economic Elite -- 6. Personal Life in Elite Circles -- 7. Reflections on the Next Generation -- Appendix: Cohort Profiles -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.