Contents: To Our Readers / Lennart Wohlgemuth -- Commentaries: Whither the Dividends of Democracy in Nigeria? / Jibrin Ibrahim -- Can Sanctions Work? The Case of Angola / Anders Möllander -- Research: Conflict in Africa—Post-Conflict Transition, the State and Civil Society / Ebrima Sall -- Aid and Poverty in Zambia: Mission Unaccomplished / Oliver S. Saasa -- Representations of WoDaaBe in Historical and Political Contexts / Kristín Loftsdóttir -- Biblical Mythology in André Brink’s Anti-Apartheid and Post-Apartheid Fiction / Isidore Diala -- Urban Youth Violence As a Socio-Cultural Phenomenon in Nigeria / Moses Mamman -- A Final Contribution from the Southern Africa Programme / Bertil Odén -- Interview: Interview with Mehari Gebre-Medhin / Karin Andersson Schiebe -- Institution: The Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland / Kenneth King -- Publishing -- Other activities: Conferences -- Seminars on Higher Education -- Zimbabwe’s International Book Fair 2001 -- Report from a Guest Writer / Ama Ata Aidoo -- Poem