By examining three centuries of history, this book shows how vital border regions have been in shaping states and social contracts.

Border regions are often considered to be the neglected margins. In this book, Paul Nugent argues that through a comparison of the Senegambia and the trans-Volt

Discusses the development and function of African boundaries from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Beginning with the historical perspective, the book then con

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