ISBN:
978-1-107-62250-0
,
9781139105828 /E-Book
ISSN:
0065-406X
Language:
English
Pages:
xx, 610 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
African Studies (Cambridge) 144
Keywords:
Westafrika Senegambia
;
Senegal
;
Ghana
;
Togo
;
Gambia
;
Goldküste
;
Anlo
;
Ashanti
;
Ewe
;
Malinke
;
Diola, Senegambien
;
Grenze
;
Kolonialgeschichte
;
Großbritannien
;
Deutschland
;
Frankreich
;
Kolonie, britisch
;
Kolonie, französisch
;
Kolonie, deutsch
;
Wirtschaftlicher Wandel
;
Entwicklung, wirtschaftliche
;
Politik und Gesellschaft
;
Keteku III, Nene Nuer [Leben und Werk]
;
Nkrumah, Kwame [Leben und Werk]
;
Sylla, Fodé [Leben und Werk]
Abstract:
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-Volta (Ghana/Togo), we can see that the geographical margins have shaped notional centres at least as much as the reverse. Through a study of three centuries of history, this book demonstrates that states were forged through an extended process of converting a topography of settled states and slaving frontiers into colonial borders. It argues that post-colonial states and larger social contracts have been configured very differently as a consequence. It underscores the impact on regional dynamics and the phenomenon of peripheral urbanism. Nugent also addresses the manner in which a variegated sense of community has been forged amongst Mandinka, Jola, Ewe and Agotime populations who have both shaped and been shaped by the border. This is an exercise in reciprocal comparison and shuttles between scales, from the local and the particular to the national and the regional.
Description / Table of Contents:
List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations 1 Centring the Margins -- Part I From Frontiers to Boundaries. 2 Configurations of Power in Comparative Perspective. 3 Port Cities, Frontiers and Boundaries -- Part II - States and Taxes, Land and Mobility. 4 Constructing the Compound, Keeping the Gate. 5 Being Seen Like a State: Frontier Logics Colonial Administration And Traditional Authority In The Borderlands. 6 Border Regulation and State-Making at the Margins: Taxation Migration And Contraband During The Interwar Years. 7 Land, Belief and Belonging in the Borderlands -- Part III Decolonization and Boundary Closure, c.1939-1969. 8 Bringing the Space Back In: Decolonization Development And Territoriality In West Africa. 9 The Vanishing Horizon of Senegambian Unity. 10 Forging the Nation, Contesting the Border: Identity Politics And Border Dynamics In The Trans Volta -- Part IV States, Social Contracts and Respacing from Below, c.1970-2010. 11 Barnacle States and Boundary Lines: States Trade And Urbanism In The Senegambia. 12 The Remaking of Ghana and Togo at Their Common Border: Alhaji Kalabule Meets Nana Benz. 13 Boundaries, Communities and "`Re-Membering": Festivals And The Negotiation Of Difference -- Conclusion -- Bibliography
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 545-581
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