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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 twenty-first century, many African countries have simultaneously seen an increase in trade and regional integration activities, whilst 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.
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 borders 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. 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 co-operation in West Africa. 30. Switzerland's contribution to promoting cross-border cooperation in West Africa.
