| Description |
xii, 276 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: the paradox of African boundaries / Paul Nugent and A.I. Asiwaju -- Arcs and Lines : Myths and Realities. It didn't happen at Berlin: politics, economics and ignorance in the setting of Africa's colonial boundaries / Simon Katzenellenbogen -- Arbitrary lines and the people's minds: a dissenting view on colonial boundaries in West Africa / Paul Nugent -- Permeable boundaries in Africa / Ieuan Griffiths -- Pastoralists and Boundaries. Ecological outcomes of boundary formation in Maasailand / Katherine Homewood -- Pastoralists and national borders in Nigeria / Roger Blench -- In Search of the Cordon Sanitaire -- Foreign bodies: the history of labour migration as a threat to public health in Uganda / Maryinez Lyons -- Pan-African Rinderpest campaigns / Gordon R. Scott -- African boundaries and crop health protection / B.M. Gerard -- Community, Territory and the State. Love and healing in forced communities: borderlands in Zimbabwe's War of Liberation / Heike Schmidt -- The Sierra Leone-Liberia boundary wilderness: rain forests, diamonds and war / Paul Richards -- Liberian and Sahel refugees in Ghana: the politics of providing assistance to refugees -- Boundary and territory in the Horn of Africa -- Comparative Reflections. Borderlands in Africa: a comparative research perspective with particular reference to Western Europe -- Conclusion : the future of African boundaries / Paul Nugent and A.I. Asiwaju |
| Summary |
Discusses the development and function of African boundaries from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Beginning with the historical perspective, the book then considers the impact of boundaries on pastoralists, the use of borders as "cordons sanitaire" against diseases, and as places of refuge |
| Analysis |
Frontiers |
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Southern Africa |
| Notes |
Includes papers from a conference 'African boundaries and borderlands', held in May 1993 at the Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh in conjunction with the African Studies Association of the United Kingdom--Page v |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Current Copyright Fee: GBP30.00 0. Uk |
| Subject |
Boundaries.
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Africa.
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Borders.
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Épidémies -- Congrès -- Afrique noire.
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Réfugiés -- Congrès -- Afrique noire.
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Guerre -- Congrès.
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Territoire national -- Histoire -- Congrès -- Afrique.
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Frontières -- Droit -- Congrès -- Afrique.
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Boundaries -- Congresses
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Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Africa -- Boundaries -- Congresses.
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Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Boundaries -- Congresses.
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Afrique australe -- Politique et gouvernement -- Congrès.
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Afrique australe -- Frontières -- Congrès.
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Afrique noire -- Frontières -- Congrès.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Congresses (form)
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| Author |
Nugent, Paul, 1962- author, editor
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Asiwaju, A. I., 1939- author, editor
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African Studies Association of the United Kingdom, sponsoring body
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University of Edinburgh. Centre of African Studies, host institution
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African boundaries and borderlands (Conference) (1996 : Edinburgh, Great Britain)
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| LC no. |
95030083 |
| ISBN |
185567372X |
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9781855673724 |
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