Conflict and Security in Africa

Abstract

Inside African Anthropology is a powerful collaborative outcome of the intersections between history and anthropology – intersections that animated much of Monica wilson’s intellectual work and career. what emerges from this volume is that she was a south African woman of incredible intellectual and personal tenacity, devotion and enduring loyalty to both family and career. Her decision to stay on in apartheid south Africa despite more tempting and lucrative offers outside the continent is evidence of her determination to make a difference in the discipline and the academic communities with which she was associated. spiced with appropriately labelled photographs and maps, this volume is a formidable tribute to a giant of her time. The book adds a great deal to our knowledge of the making of anthropological scholarship in the colonial era as well as the intellectual and personal sacrifices that often remain “hidden” but are nevertheless significant in shaping all scholarly endeavours. i highly recommend this volume as essential reading for researchers and students of African anthropology.