Borders and Borderlands as Resources in the Horn of Africa (Eastern Africa Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847011330 ISBN 13: 9781847011336

Publisher: James Currey, 2015

Synopsis

State borders are more than barriers. They structure social, economic and political spaces and as such provide opportunities as well as obstacles for the communities straddling both sides of the border. This book deals with the conduits and opportunities of state borders in the Horn of Africa, and investigates how the people living there exploit them through various strategies.
Using a micro level perspective, the case studies, which include the borders of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, focus on opportunities, highlight the agency of the borderlanders, and acknowledge the permeability but consequentiality of the borders.

Dereje Feyissa is Africa Research Director at the International Law and Policy Institute and Adjunct Professor at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Markus Virgil Hoehne is a Lecturer at the Institute of Anthropology at Leipzig University.

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Review:

I would recommend reading the book to anyone who is interesting in understanding the human interactions that revolve around borders. LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS BLOG

A rich and focused volume [which] opens up a crucial debate that nobody interested in African political and social issues can ignore. JOURNAL OF MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES

This insightful new book looks at borders and borderlands from a quite different perspective. In a series of fascinating case-studies, it provides insights into the experience of people living in the borderlands of Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Sudan. [...] For those seeking to engage with the politics of the Horn of Africa, it is essential to grasp the extraordinary complexity of identity and identity choices. This collection of case-studies, creatively combining the insights of social anthropologists, political scientists and historians, makes a real contribution to such an understanding. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

About the Author:

DEREJE FEYISSA, Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany; MARKUS VIRGIL HOEHNE, Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany.

About this edition

• Publisher: James Currey
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1847011330
• ISBN 13: 9781847011336
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Feyissa Dereje, Hoehne Markus Virgil