The Gambia-Senegal Border

Issues in Regional Integration
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-38786-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 243 mm x 164 mm, Gewicht: 538 g

Reihe: Routledge Borderlands Studies

This book interrogates the validity of longstanding claims that Gambians and Senegalese are 'one' people in two countries and explores how that claim intersects with the politics and development needs of the two countries. Half a century after independence, proponents of Senegambian unification continue to campaign on the basis of the longstanding social, cultural and religious ties between Africa's smallest country, The Gambia, and Senegal, the much larger country which almost entirely encircles it. The border between the two former British and French colonies remains one of the starkest examples of colonial geographical bartering, and it continues to serve a dual function as a bridge and a barrier in the social, political and economic relations of the two countries.

The book investigates how the two states are constantly pulled between impulses of cooperation and de-escalation, and a competitive intimacy that disregards kinship ties and re-activates tensions. In particular, the book shows how these interstate dynamics play out across the border itself, where indigenous ideas of relatedness are reflected in the cross-border transport and trade sectors, and in the religious networks that straddle the two countries.

This book's skilful exploration of intersecting macro-level and micro-level relations in the Senegambia region will be of interest to scholars of African politics, regional studies, international development and border studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Khan, Mariama

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. The Politics of Senegambian Kinship Discourses 2. The Political and Economic Context of the Gambia-Senegal Border 3. Transport, Cross-Border Practices and Interstate Political Relations 4. Politics and the Disintegration of the Common Transport Newtwork, 2000-2015 5. Tactics for Survival: Jakarta, Civil Society and the Media 6. Cross-Border Trade and the Gambia-Senegal Relations 7. Senegambia's Talibee Networks, the State and Cross-Border Exchange 8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Mariama Khan is a Gambian scholar, poet, filmmaker and cultural activist. She currently teaches African History, West African Cinema and African Civilizations at the Lehman College Africana Studies Department, City University of New York (CUNY).