African Boundaries: Barriers, Conduits and Opportunities

Part 1 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. Part 2 Pastoralists and boundaries: ecological outcomes of boundary formation in Massailand, Katherine Homewood pastoralists and national borders in Nigeria, Roger Blench. Part 3 In search of the cordon sanitaire: foreign bodies - the history of labour immigration as a threat to public health in Uganda, Maryinez Lyons pan-African rinderpest campaigns, Gordon Scott African boundaries and crop health protection, B.M. Gerard. Part 4 Community, territory and the state: love and healing in forced communities - borderlands in Zimbabwe's war of liberation, Heike Schmidt rain forests, diamonds and war - the Sierra Leone boundary wilderness, Paul Richards Liberian and Sahel refugees in Ghana - the politics of providing assistance, A. Essuman-Johnson boundary and territory in the Horn, Christopher Clapham. Part 5 Comparative reflections: borderlands in Africa - a comparative research perspective with particular reference to Western Europe, A.I. Asiwaju conclusion - the future of African boundaries, Paul Nugent and A.I. Asiwaju.