Borders, Mobility, Regional Integration and Development: Issues, Dynamics and Perspectives in West, Eastern and Southern Africa (Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development)

This book examines social, economic and political issues in West, Eastern and Southern Africa in relation to borders, human mobility and regional integration. In the process, it highlights the innovative aspects of human agency on the African continent, and presents a range of empirical case studies that shed new light on Africa’s social, economic and political realities. Further, the book explores cooperation between African nation-states, including their historical socioeconomic interconnections and governance of transboundary natural resources. Moreover, the book examines the relationship between the spatial mobility of borders and development, and the migration regimes of nation-states that share contiguous borders in different geographic territories. Further topics include the coloniality of borders, sociocultural and ethnic relations, and the impact of physical borders on human mobility and wellbeing. Given its scope, the book represents a unique resource that offers readers a wealth of new insights into today’s Africa. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Borders, Human Mobility, Integration and Development in Africa: An Introduction (Christopher Changwe Nshimbi, Inocent Moyo)....Pages 3-13 Imagining Borders, Borderlands, Migration and Integration in Africa: The Search for Connections and Disjunctures (Daniel Tevera)....Pages 15-23 Regional Integration, Borders and Development in Africa (Samuel O. Oloruntoba)....Pages 25-37 Perspectives on Contemporary Migration and Regional Integration in Central Africa (Germain Ngoie Tshibambe)....Pages 39-49 Basotho Mineworkers and zama zama in Disused Commercial Gold Mines in Gauteng Province, South Africa (Esther Makhetha)....Pages 51-62 Front Matter ....Pages 63-63 Shopping-Oriented Mobility Across the Zimbabwe-South Africa Border: Modalities and Encounters (Nedson Pophiwa)....Pages 65-83 The Security Challenges of a Borderless Africa: Issues and Perspectives (Lanre Ikuteyijo, Peter Olayiwola)....Pages 85-99 Invisible–Visible Borders Between Zambia and Zimbabwe Along the Zambezi Valley: Tonga Fishermen, Cross-Border Livelihoods and Monetary Practices (Mike Chipere-Ngazimbi)....Pages 101-111 Migration and the Spatial Mobility of Borders in the Southern African Region (Inocent Moyo)....Pages 113-124 Front Matter ....Pages 125-125 Prospects for Cooperation in the Nile Basin (Firehiwot Sintayehu)....Pages 127-144 Community-Based Conservation in Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park: On Livelihoods and Economic Governance (Prudence Nkomo)....Pages 145-161 Bordered Environment: Redefining Transboundary Water Resources into Environmentally Sound Governance Frameworks in Southern Africa (Christopher Changwe Nshimbi)....Pages 163-177 Borders, Mobility and Integration in Africa Revisited: Towards a New Understanding of African Realities (Inocent Moyo, Christopher Changwe Nshimbi)....Pages 179-187