ISBN:
978-1-84904-474-5
,
1-84904-474-0
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 311 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Edition:
First publ.
Keywords:
Nigeria Sahara
;
Bornu (NO-Nigeria)
;
Geschichte
;
Geschichte, politische
;
Historiographie
;
Nationenbildung
;
Nationalismus
;
Orale Geschichte
;
Kolonialgeschichte
;
Grenzstreit
;
Recht, internationales
;
Kamerun
;
Tschad-Gebiet
;
Republik Niger
;
Sokoto, Kalifat
;
Großbritannien
;
Frankreich
;
Deutschland
;
Kanem-Borno
;
Vereinte Nationen
Abstract:
Borno (in northeast Nigeria) is notorious today as the home of an Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, whose insurgency is a major security threat, but it was once the heartland of the Kanuri-speaking royal empire of Kanem-Borno, renowned throughout Africa and beyond, which in its later incarnation, the Bornu Empire, lasted from 1380 to 1893. This book offers the reader the first modern history of Borno, drawing upon sources in London, Berlin, Paris, Kaduna and Maiduguri and recently released 'migrated archives'. As its longevity suggests, what is particularly remarkable about Borno is the permanence of its boundaries - its territorial integrity - which dates back centuries, and the political and social identities that such borders framed in the minds of its inhabitants.
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgement - Note on terminology -- List of figures -- Introduction -- 1. The Territory of Borno in the Nineteenth Century (1810-1893) -- 2. All Paths Lead to Borno -- 3. The Quest for a Territorial Framework -- 4. The Resurrection of Borno (1902-1960) -- 5. The Reunion of Dikwa and Borno (1916-1959) -- 6. The Two Plebiscites of 1959 and 1961 -- 7.Postcolonial Borno: a failing Nigerian state? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 249-298; [PhD thesis at the University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, titled "From a kingdom to a Nigerian state: the territory and boundaries of Borno 1810-2010", 2012, is at the origin of this book]
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