THE WILSON QUARTERLY WINTER 199 1 THE WILSON QUARTERLY Published by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars COVER STORY AFRICAAGONISTES 19 "Continent in crisis" is no mere cliche when applied to sub-Saharan Africa. Its people are poorer than they were 30 years ago-and more numerous. They are beset by famine, tyranny, and violence. Yet our contributors see signs of hope. Africa began turning away from social- ism some five years before Eastern Europe's far more celebrated rever- sal. Democratic government appears to be catching on. Kwame An- thony Appiah writes of Africa's political coming-of-age-and his own. Robert Klitgaard takes a street-level look at the challenges that await the new African capitalism. 0 WHATARE THE RIGHTSOF THE PEOPLE? 56 Two hundred years after the Framing of the U.S. Bill of Rights, Ameri- cans are in the midst of a second great debate over the nature of their rights. James H. Hutson recalls the years of public controversy that culminated in the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791; Gary L. Mc- Dowell casts a skeptical eye on today's rights debate. IDEAS THEBIRTH OF PUBLICOPINION 46 Surveys report it, film stars consult it, and politicians claim to embody it. "Public opinion" is, however, a relatively recent invention. Anthony 3. La Vopa explores its origins and odd evolution. REFLECTIONS DEPARTMENTS LYNDONJOHNSON 100 From the Center No modem president has been more maligned in recent years than Lyndon B. Johnson, the Periodicals man who fathered the Great Society and es- calated the Vietnam War. Robert Dallek ar- Current Books gues for a reconsideration. Research Reports WESTERNSCIENCE, Commentary 140 EASTERNMINDS 109 What happens when Western psychotherapy Cover: The Drummer (1989), an oil painting by Nigerian artist is practiced in Asia? Something surprising, Prince E. Okuku. 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