Borders and Borderlands as Resources in the Horn of Africa (Eastern Africa Series, 7)

Borders offer opportunities as well as restrictions, and in the Horn of Africa they are used as economic, political, identity and status resources by borderland peoples. 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 state borders through various strategies. Using a micro level perspective, the case studies, which includethe Horn and Eastern Africa, particularly the borders of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, focus on opportunities, highlight the agency of the borderlanders, and acknowledge the permeabilitybut consequentiality of the borders. DEREJE FEYISSA, Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany; MARKUS VIRGIL HOEHNE, Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany. 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 state borders through various strategies. Using a micro level perspective, the case studies, which include the Horn and Eastern Africa, particularly 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, Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany; MARKUS VIRGIL HOEHNE, Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany CONTENTS LIST OF MAPS, TABLES & CHARTS PREFACE EDITORS' PREFACE NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS LIST OF ACRONYMS 1 State Borders & Borderlands as Resources 2 More State than the State? 3 Making Use of Kin beyond the International Border 4 The Tigrinnya-speakers across the Borders 5 Trans-Border Political Alliance in the Horn of Africa 6 People & Politics along & across the Somaliland-Puntland Border 7 The Ethiopian-British Somaliland Boundary 8 The Opportunistic Economies of the Kenya-Somali Borderland in Historical Perspective 9 Magendo & Survivalism Babukusu-Bagisu Relations & Economic Ingenuity on the Kenya-Uganda Border 1962–80 10 Can Boundaries not Border on One Another? The Zigula (Somali Bantu) between Somalia & Tanzania 11 Conclusion INDEX 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 state borders through various strategies. Using a micro level perspective, the case studies, which include the Horn and Eastern Africa, particularly 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. -- Publisher description Edited By Dereje Feyissa & Markus Virgil Hoehne. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.