Acknowledgments
List of Figures and Table
Glossary
Timeline
One / Explaining the Absence of War
A?
Socialist?
Peace?
Orientations toward the Future
Temporality and the Legacies of Socialism in Africa
Counterfactual Arguments and Anthropology’s Advantages
Choosing War
Chapters
Part I: Resentment
Two / “Those Who Eat Monkey Will Never Rule over Us”
The Setting
The Interplay of Stereotypes
A Troubled Succession, 1984
Religion and Politics in West Africa, 1800–1958
The Ethnic Calculus, 1950–90
Disgust and Political Exclusion
From Autochthony to Culture
“It’s Our Turn”
Conclusion
Interlude: Palm Wine and Ethnic Cleansing
Three / Articulating Betrayal
Case Study: N’Zérékoré, 1991
Secrecy, Trust, and Betrayal
Narratives of Betrayal
From Words to Acts
Conclusion
Part II: War Averted?
Four / An Exceptional Case: The Killings in Nuvanuita
Case Study: “Nuvanuita,” October 2000
Socialist State Practices and Their Legacies
Macenta as Microcosm
Conclusion
Part III: Afterlives
Interlude: “I’m not putting my life on the line . . .”
Five / The Rhetoric of Counterinsurgency
Case Study: The Antirefugee Attacks of September 2000
Postsocialist Publics and Counterpublics
The Touré Legacy: Semantic, Rhetorical, and Organizational
Six / The Symbolic Death of Sékou Touré
The General Strikes of 2006–7
The Death of the Father: The Afterlife of a Socialist Regime
The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Trade Unionism in Guinea
The Two Bodies of the King and the Timing of the Strikes
Conclusion
Interlude: Ga li?
Seven / The Cinquantenaire and the Dadis Show
The Annual Ceremony, 2008
Following the Money
“La Vérité Finira Toujours par Triompher un Jour”
A Musical Interlude
The Dadis Show
The September Massacres and the Resurgence of Disgust
Conclusion
Eight / Conclusion
The Current State of Play
On Sacrifice and Suffering
Works Cited
Index