Honour in African history

The comparative history of honour; Hero and householder: Men of horseback; Honour and Islam; Christian Ethiopia; Honour, rank, and walfare among the Yoruba; Honour and the state in West and Central Africa; Honour of the slave; Praise and slander in Soutern Africa; Ekitiibwa and martyrdom. Fragmentation and mutation: Tehe deaths of heroes; Honour in defeat; Tehe honour of mercenary; Respectability; Honour and gender; Urbanisation and masculinity; Honour, race, and nation; Political homour; To live in dignity; Concluding questions.