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The Routledge Handbook of African Borderlands provides a comprehensive analysis of the factors shaping the past, present, and future of African borderlands, in all their complexity.
Since precolonial times, African borderlands have served as sites of both prosperity and conflict. In the 21st century, many African countries have simultaneously seen an increase in trade and regional integration activities, while trying to control deteriorating security conditions in border areas. This book explores these tensions and considers how borderlands have impacted the economy, political stability, and social cohesion of African states. The book discusses the key conceptual debates related with the establishment of modern boundaries since precolonial times, as well as the methodological challenges associated with conducting research at the margins of the state.
This important interdisciplinary and continent-wide investigation of African border dynamics will be an essential read for researchers across the fields of political science, geography, history, anthropology, international law, and development studies.
Dr Olivier Walther is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Florida, United States. His research focuses on cross-border trade and transnational armed conflicts in Africa.
Dr Inocent Moyo is SARCHi Research Chair in Borders and the African Continental Free Trade Area and Full Professor at the University of Zululand, South Africa. He researches borders, migration, and the political economy of the informal economy in the Southern African region.
Dr Isabella Soi is Associate Professor of African Studies at the Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy. Her research focuses on border issues, refugee movements, and religious and national minorities in Africa, particularly in Uganda.
Contents
SECTION 1 Concepts and methods 1 An introduction to African borderlands 2 History and historiography of African borderlands studies 3 Mapping African borderlands 4 Doing ethnography in African borderlands 5 Quantifying cross-border trade in Africa 6 African borderlands as resources SECTION 2 Borderlands in African history 7 Colonial partition in Africa 8 Myth of border formation in colonial Africa 9 Making African borders from below 10 Borders and urbanisation in colonial Africa 11 Maritime borders in Africa SECTION 3 Economic perspectives 12 Regional economic integration in Africa 13 Informal cross-border trade in Africa 14 Smuggling and trafficking in Africa 15 Border markets in Africa 16 Border cities in Africa 17 Agro-pastoralists in African borderlands SECTION 4 Political issues 18 Secessionism and irredentism in Africa 19 Post-colonial African border disputes 20 Transnational violence and terrorism in Africa 21 African borderland violence in comparative perspective 22 Border technologies, mobility, and trade facilitation in Africa SECTION 5 Social perspectives 23 Contemporary migration in Africa 24 Health, HIV/AIDS, and pandemic in African borderlands 25 Gendered dynamics in African borderlands Stephanie Cawood and Munyaradzi Mushonga 26 Border festivals in Africa 27 Climate mobilities and adaptation in African borderlands SECTION 6 Policy perspectives 28 The African Union perspective on border governance: policy and practices 29 OECD/SWAC's support to cross-border cooperation in West Africa 30 Switzerland's contribution to promoting cross-border cooperation in West Africa Index
