BASED ON PAPERS PRESENTED AT A PANEL HELD DURING THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IN NOVEMBER 1982. INCLUDES INDEX.

Security problems : an African predicament /Francis Mading Deng (12 p.). -- Soviet Union and superpower rivalry in Africa / Arthur Jay Klinghoffer (20 p.). -- Africa and the West : the French connection / I. William Zartman (20 p.). -- Brazil-Africa relations : third world alternatives for development and security / Wayne A Selcher (17 p.). -- Giant staggers : Nigeria as an emerging regional power / Pauline H Baker (23 p.). -- Social incoherence and the mediatory role of the state / Donald Rothchild (27 p.). -- Emerging patterns of civil-military relations in Africa : radical coups d'état and political stability / Claude E Welch (14 p.). -- Security and stability implications of ethnicity and religious factors / Victor A Olorunsola (17 p.). -- Cooperation among African states / John M Ostheimer (14 p.). -- Playing the Arab card : Niger and Chad's ambivalent relations with Libya / Pearl T Robinson (14 p.). -- South African liberation : touchstone of African solidarity / Annette M Seegers (18 p.). -- National security : an African perspective / D. Katete Orwa (9 p.).