strong, 1, 3, 9, 25, 29–30, 34, 38, 46–49, 54–55, 59, 71, 74, 77, 79, 81, 85, 87–88, 98–99, 107, 113–114, 116, 127–128, 131–133, 137, 140, 143–144, 148, 151, 155, 157, 159–160, 163–164, 166, 169–170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 185–186, 188, 191–197, 200–202, 211–212, 218, 220–221, 223, 226–227, 230, 235, 238–239, 245, 247, 254, 261, 265

structural, 3, 25, 76, 79, 212–214, 231, 236

struggle, 5–7, 35, 57, 59, 69, 95, 123, 131, 194, 203, 218

study, 11, 13, 15, 20, 22–24, 106, 165, 221

subclass, 130

subjective shot, 225

subjectivities, 93

subjectivity, 15

subjugation, 35, 95, 131, 224

sub-Saharan, 3–4, 7–8, 10, 13–15, 20–21, 23–24, 30, 36–37, 42, 44, 46, 49–50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 65–66, 68, 76, 82, 93, 95, 100, 110, 127–128, 130–131, 147, 151, 159, 163–164, 166, 171–172, 183–184, 189, 197, 200–201, 203–204, 210–212, 234, 236–238, 253, 259, 263

subsistence, 185, 210–211, 233–234, 236

subtheme, 152, 188, 191, 217

subtlety, 121

subvert, 140

success, 55, 79, 88, 167, 191, 202, 223, 227

successive divorces, 201

suicide, 84–85, 87, 113, 163, 178, 181–183, 222–224, 249

Sundiata, an Epic of Old Mali, 66

superficial values, 190

sutura, 187

symbolism, 19–20, 22

symptomatic, 120

synonymous, 210

synopses, 25

tackle, 8, 20

Tanor, 83–84, 86, 247

Tapsoba, Clement, xiv, xxi

tarnish, 123

taste, 211

technicians, 18, 24, 237–238

techniques, 17, 57, 59

television, 3, 17, 25, 122, 141, 196–198, 212–217, 231, 236

tensions, 12, 41, 128–129, 144, 158–159, 167, 257

terrible experiences, 121

testimonies, 18–19

Thackway, Melissa, 14

the art of winning, 34

the cart driver, 71, 75–79, 81, 111–112, 173–174, 177, 246

the chief, 107, 110, 144, 195–196, 215–216, 227, 229, 235, 254, 266

the father figure, 173

the French Riviera, 113, 179, 217, 220, 249

the Limpopo, 150

The Money Order, 100, 251

the Niger, 150

the Nile, 150

the skin of a goat devoured by a hyena is useless, 136–137

the worm is in the fruit, 136

theatre, 10, 45, 58, 117

Théâtre National, 45, 117

themes, 5, 8, 13–17, 20, 22, 25, 83, 173, 228