This volume addresses the marked influence that African borders and boundaries, whether real or imaginary, have on the lives of those inhabiting the borderland.

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

The surprising connections between the American frontier and empire in southern Africa, and the people who participated in both This book begins in an era when

This survey of various African and Asian conflicts examines people's experiences on territorial borders and the ways they affect political configurations. By fo