Conflict and Violence in the Lake Chad Basin : Insecurity in Central Africa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chauvin, Emmanuel.

Contributor:

Langlois, Olivier.

Seignobos, Christian.

Baroin, Catherine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Chad Basin--Congresses.

Violence.

Internal security--Chad Basin--Congresses.

Internal security.

Terrorism--Chad Basin--Congresses.

Terrorism.

Chad Basin--Social conditions--Congresses.

Chad Basin.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2025.

Summary:

This volume analyses conflicts in the Lake Chad Basin based on insights into local dynamics and the lived world of the people themselves.

Contents:

Introduction : conflicts, violence and risk in the Lake Chad Basin / Emmanuel Chauvin, Olivier Langlois, Christian Seignobos and Catherine Baroin

Is history repeating itself? : Boko Haram and Hamman Yaji / Walter E.A. van Beek and Melchisedek Chétima

The roots of the jihadist sedition Boko Haram : why in Bornu? / Christian Seignobos

Toponymy in the Mandara Mountains : traces of an insecure history / Gigla Garakcheme

Ancient insecurity in the south of the Lake Chad Basin : the glimmers of archaeology / Olivier Langlois

Adaptations of transhumant herders to insecurity : the trajectory of the Batha Arabs (Chad) since 1966 / Dangbet Zakinet

Lake Fitri (Chad) in the face of rising insecurity : rethinking the governance of a wetland with a strong local power / Christine Raimond, Audrey Mbagogo, Robert Madjigoto and Dangbet Zakinet

Insecurity in Lake Chad : environment and conflicts / Géraud Magrin and Jacques Lemoalle

Boko Haram : revealing land insecurity around Lake Chad? / Charline Rangé

Boko Haram, forced migrants and economic consequences in eastern Niger / Hadiza Kiari Fougou

Cows of war, cows of peace (Central Adamawa, Central African Republic) / Jean Boutrais

Can one still be a pastoralist in the Central African Republic? : answers from the Batangafo Region (Ouham) / Lise Archambaud, Ibrahim Tidjani and Benoît Lallau

Insecurity and rumour around gold rushes : the difficulties of distance research in the Nigérien Sahara / Laurent Gagnol, Emmanuel Grégoire and Boukari (Aboubacar) Ahmed

Profitable failure : migration policies in Niger / Julien Brachet

Popular political engagement in online Chad / Mirjam de Bruijn

Water and Forestry Department : perpetrators of insecurity in rural Chad? / Ronan Mugelé

The N'Guéli Bridge as a space of insecurity : a case of militarized governance in Chad / Alessio Iocchi

Resilience and 'miracle' in times of crisis in Borno : the Case of Kwaya Kusar Local Government Area in Nigeria / Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos

A brotherhood against Boko Haram : the Kotoko hunters in north Cameroon (Logone-et-Chari) / Mahamat Adam

Morality and violence in desert societies / Catherine Baroin

Conclusion : a local interpretation of insecurity in the Lake Chad Basin / Emmanuel Chauvin.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-83695-107-8

1-83695-109-4

OCLC:

1527333984