Tropical Cowboys Westerns, Violence, and Masculinity in Kinshasa

"Its approach in terms of poverty and unemployment combined with a subtle interest in performance and the creation of an original culture makes this book an eye-opener. Both the dramatic subject and the author's vivid style make it a pleasure to read and also food for thought regarding issues that haunt not only Africa but also the world at large."-American Historical Review
"In conclusion, both undergraduate and graduate students of African history, urban history, women's sexuality, gender studies, and even transnational film studies would benefit from this book. . . . Additionally, as the provocative title suggests, American undergraduate students-even those unfamiliar or new to Central African literatures-will find this book both engaging and accessible because of parallels and differences drawn between the American Far West and Kinshasa."-Research in African Literatures
"An innovative and original study that sheds light on masculinity, youth culture, performative violence, and the circuit of global imagery in the townships of Kinshasa."-Stephan F. Miescher, author of Making Men in Ghana and Modernization as Spectacle in Africa
"Aligns social banditry with popular cultural formations and subcultures. This has been a longstanding feature of Didier Gondola's scholarship that is of great interest."-Peter J. Bloom, University of California, Santa Barbara