Afro-Regions: The Dynamics of Cross-Border Micro-Regionalism in Africa

By: Taylor Soderbaum

This collection focuses on the making and unmaking of cross-border micro-regions in Africa. Its main emphasis is that micro-regions are not givens, but are constructed and reconstructed through social practice, political economy and by a variety of states, corporations and non-state actors. The region-builders are the focus'?that is, those actors that build and make micro-regions and their associated region-building strategies. Key research questions are: for whom, for what purpose and with what consequences are micro-regions being made and unmade? There is also special emphasis on how people on the ground and local communities create their own region-building strategies and how they respond to the region-building strategies of others. The case studies'?by leading scholars of African studies and the result of extensive fieldwork'?include a wide selection of micro-regions all over Africa, such as the Maputo Development Corridor, the Zambezi Valley region, the Zambia-Malawi-Mozambique Growth Triangle, Walvis Bay, the Sierra Leone-Liberia border zone, cross-border micro-regions on the Horn of Africa, the Great Lakes region, North Africa, and more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9171066187
• ISBN13: 9789171066183
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.8"