Bondage of boundaries and identity politics in postcolonial Africa [electronic resource] : the 'northern problem' and ethno-futures / edited by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Brilliant Mhlanga.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-382).

Introduction : borders, identities, the 'northern problem' and ethno-futures in postcolonial Africa / Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Brilliant Mhlanga -- Space, boundaries and the countours of the 'northern problem' -- Space matters : rethinking spatiality in discourses of colonial and postcolonial 'boundaries' / Kudzai Matereke -- Africa in search of (in)security : beyond the bondage of boundaries / Eric George and Nazar Hilal -- State-building, conflict and global war on terror in the Horn of Africa / Redie Bereketeab -- The burden of 'national languages' and the bondages of linguistic boundaries in postcolonial Africa / Finex Ndhlovu -- Autochthons, minorities and politics of secession -- 'Northern problem' : postcolony, identity and political [in]stability in Cote d'Ivoire and Togo / Kwesi Aning and Naila Salihu -- Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Ogoni struggle and the logic of spectacle / Austin Tam-George -- The state and the 'southern problem' in Sudan : marginalisation, self-determination and secessionism / Aleksi Ylönen -- The Anglophone problem and the secession option in Cameroon / Eric Ebolo Elong -- Manumission from black-on-black colonialism : sovereign statehood for the British Southern Cameroons / Carlson Anyangwe -- Migration, conflict, citizenship and violence -- A quest for belonging : migration, identities and the politics of belonging in Africa / Joseph Mujere -- 'Discipline and disengagement' : cross-border migration and the quest for identity among the Ndebele of South-western Zimbabwe / Vusilizwe Thebe -- Homo sacer : citizenship, exclusion and irregular labour migration from Matabeleland, Zimbabwe, to South Africa / France Maphosa -- Colonialism, postcolonial violence and repression : reflections on the northern question in Uganda / Fredrick Kisekka-Ntale -- Ethnicity, conflicts, and the rise of militia groups in Nigeria / Godwin A. Vaaseh -- Territorial nationalism, regionalism and pan-Africanism -- The betrayal of liberation : on the limits to emancipation under post-liberation governments in Southern African post-settler societies / Henning Melber -- Sovereignty, self-determination and the challenges of nation building in contemporary Africa / Olayode Kehinde Olusola -- The 'northern problem' : is pan-Africanism or regionalism the answer? / John Akokpari, Claire Price & Kristen Thompson -- Pan-Africanism and African regional economic integration / Michael. O. Bonchuk -- References -- Notes.

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