Contents: To Our Readers: January 2007 / Carin Norberg -- Democracy needs parties, not only democrats. And more women! / Bo Göransson -- Zambia’s 2006 elections: The ethnicization of politics? / Jeremy Gould -- Prospects for credible elections in Nigeria / Jibrin Ibrahim -- Social movements and the democratisation of South African foreign policy / Heidi Hudson -- Interviews Kwame Boafo Arthur: 2006 Claude Ake Visiting Professor -- Cherryl Walker on land reform and women’s rights in South Africa -- Research: Rural women co-managing protected areas / Lisbet Larsson Lidén -- Currencies of transformation in Africa: Changing resource regimes in times of uncertainty / Amanda Hammar -- Surviving under poverty: Women in Addis Ababa / Emebet Mulugeta -- Conference reports: Civil society and African regional integration / Paul Opoku-Mensah -- Addressing the new scramble for Africa / Anne Hege Simonsen -- Obituary: Joseph Ki-Zerbo 1922–2006 / Adebayo Olukoshi -- Publishing: Recent publications