Majhemout Diop's book, *Histoire des Classes Sociales dans l’Afrique de l’Ouest. II: Le Sénégal*, is an in-depth sociological study of the development of social classes in Senegal. Using a historical and empirical approach, Diop traces the changing structure of Senegalese society from pre-colonial, colonial, and modern times. The book examines elite formation, the dynamics of interclass r…