Submitted: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 15:01:15 -0500 (EST) Sandra T. Barnes Professor Department of Anthropology University of Pennsylvania 325 University Museum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6398 USA phone: 215-898-6989 fax: 215-898-7462 e-mail: sbarnes@mail.sas.upenn.edu West Africa, politics, religion, social history of West Africa; cities, urban processes, global processes.