During the 12th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association in Montreal (1969) a Symposium on Methodology has been held. Published here are the reflexions of six social scientists as to the issues of research methodology in African studies, two each in the areas of anthropology, political science, and psychology. The views of the authors are presented in alphabetical order, by discipline, with each of the major papers followed by the comments of the respective discussant: J.P. Henderson: Introductory note; M.J. Swartz: Area studies, theory, and cross-cultural comparison; A.Rosman: Structuralism as a conceptual framework; A.Magid: Methodological considerations in the study of African political and administrative behavior: the case of role conflict analysis; W.J.Hanna: Methodology, technology, and the study of African elites; R.A. LeVine: Psycho-social studies in Africa; M.H. Segall: Comments on ‘psycho-social studies in Africa’. Passim ref., notes, table.
