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Book SynopsisSpace has been reintroduced as an analytical category to the humanities and social sciences in the early 1990s. African Studies is one of the fields of knowledge production where the so-called spatial turn has proved to be extremely fruitful. The continent provides ample evidence for complex processes of deterritorialisation (migration, globalisation, sub-nationalisms) and reterritorialisation (new regionalisms, processes of bordering, etc.). These dialectical processes are driven by a variety of actors: political elites, multinational companies, warlords, donor governments, local traders, international NGOs, etc. As a result substantial parts of Africa witness the emergence of new regimes of territoriality: re-ordered states, transnational and sub-national entities, new localities and transborder formations. This volume brings together contributions from anthropology, history, geography and political science.
Table of ContentsCONTENTS Introduction: The spatial turn in African studies ........................ 1 Ulf Engel and Paul Nugent Actors, places, regions, and global forces: An essay on the spatial history of Africa since 1700 ......... 11 Allen M. Howard State, region and space in Africa .................................................... 45 Fredrik Söderbaum and Ian Taylor Siamese twin towns and unitary concepts in border inequality .................................................................. 71 David B. Coplan Respacing for peace, security and sustainable development: The African Union Border Programme in European comparative historical perspective ............................................. 89 Anthony I. Asiwaju Staying put in moving sands. The stepwise migration process of sub-Saharan African migrants heading north .............. 113 Joris Schapendonk Reshaping Congolese statehood in the midst of crisis and transition .................................. 139 Timothy Raeymaekers and Koen Vlassenroot The neo-tribal competitive order in the borderland of Egypt and Libya ................................. 169 Thomas Hüsken List of contributors ............................................................................ 207 Index .................................................................................................... 211
