This meticulously researched, forcibly argued and accessibly written collection explores the many and complex ways in which Africa has been implicated in the discourses and politics of September 11, 2001. Written by key scholars from Canada, the United States, the Middle East and Africa, the volume interrogates the impact of post-9/11 politics on Africa and is a much-needed meditation on historical and contemporary discourses on terrorism.

Preface Post-9/11: Thinking Critically, Thinking Dangerously; Chapter 1 Terrorism Thinking: "9/11 Changed Everything", Malinda S. Smith; Part 1 9/11, Terrorism and the Geopolitics of African Spaces; Chapter 2 Terrorism Inc.: Violence and Counter-violence (of the Letter), Mustapha B. Marrouchi; Chapter 3 Beyond 9/11: Histories and Spaces of Terrorism in Africa, Oladosu Afis Ayinde; Chapter 4 Political Islam, Africa, and the "War on Terror", Iqbal Jhazbhay; Chapter 5 Chasing Shadows in the Dunes: Islamist Practice and Counterterrorist Policy in West Africa's Sahara-Sahel Zone, Mike McGovern; Chapter 6 Human Rights and Insecurities: Muslims in Post-9/11 East Africa, Faraj Abdallah Tamim, Malinda S. Smith; Part 2 Africa in Post-9/11 International Relations; Chapter 7 The Post-Bipolarity, Terrorism and Implications for Africa, Adewale Aderemi; Chapter 8 Securing Access to African Oil Post-9/11 : The Gulf of Guinea, Yves Alexandre Chouala; Chapter 9 Kenya's Foreign Policy and Challenges of Terrorism in the Post-Cold War, Babere Kerata Chacha, Muniko Zephaniah Marwa; Chapter 10 Revisiting United States Policy toward Somalia, Afyare Abdi Elmi; Chapter 11 The Emperor's New Clothes? Terrorism Thinking from George Bush to Barack Obama, Malinda S. Smith;