African borders, conflict, regional and continental integration / edited by Inocent Moyo and Christopher Changwe Nshimbi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moyo, Inocent, editor.

Nshimbi, Christopher Changwe, editor.

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Series:

Border regions series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borderlands.

Boundaries.

Africa--Boundaries.

Africa.

Regionalism--Africa.

Regionalism.

Borderlands--Africa.

Peace-building--Africa.

Peace-building.

African cooperation.

Physical Description:

vi, 228 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

This book looks at the ways African borders impact war and conflict, as well as the ways continental integration could contribute towards cooperation, peace and well-being in Africa. African borders or borderlands can be a source of problems and opportunity. There is often a historical, geospatial and geopolitical architecture rooted in trajectories of war, conflict and instability, which could be transformed into those of peace, regional and continental integration and development. An example is the cross-border and regional response to the Boko Haram insurgency in West Africa. This book engages with cross-border forms of cooperation and opportunity in Africa. It considers initiatives and innovations which can be put in place or are already being employed on the ground, within the current regional and continental integration projects. Another important element is that of cross-border informality, which similarly provides a ready resource that, if properly harnessed and regulated, could unleash the development potential of African borders and borderlands. Students and scholars within Geography, International Relations and Border Studies will find this book useful. It will also benefit civil society practitioners, policymakers and activists in the NGO sector interested in issues such as migration, social cohesion, citizenship and local development.

Contents:

Borders, war and conflict in Africa : revisiting the narrative of a war-torn continent / Inocent Moyo and Christopher Changwe Nshimbi

African borders and the coloniality of human movement / Everisto Benyera

Trans-border trajectories of violence in the Afar Horn / Muauz Gidey Alemu

The porosity of borders and counter-insurgency in Nigeria / James Okolie-Osemene and Benjamin Adeniran Aluko

Border fragility and proximate causes of the DRC civil war / Nelson Alusala

Transnational and ethnic interest in cross-border conflict in Africa : an analysis of the Mano River and the Great Lakes region / Jackson A. Aluede

Taking sustainable development to the limits : state policy

grassroots actor activities interface in borderlands / Christopher Changwe Nshimbi

Cross border migration and human smuggling between Zimbabwe and South Africa : reflections on migration and regional peace / Inocent Moyo

An examination of the SADC regional integration posture in the context of the contested 2008 election run-off in Zimbabwe / Patrick Dzimiri

Do wars and conflicts hinder the success of regional integration? : evidence from Africa / Ntogwa N. Bundala

Innovations for "silencing the guns" and redefining African borders as promoters of peace, well-being, regional and continental integration / Christopher Changwe Nshimbi and Inocent Moyo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

9780367174835

0367174839

OCLC:

1081432463