1. Toward a Critique of Policing and National Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Since 1990 -- 2. Policing the Postcolonial State -- 3. The Police and Politics -- 4. Models of African Policing: Evolution and Conversion -- 5. Models of African Policing: Construction and Integration -- 6. Models of African Policing: Transition -- 7. Models of African Policing: Adaptation -- 8. Conclusion: Modalities of Policing Africa