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Border Jumping and Migration Control in Southern Africa

Musoni, Francis
Heftet / 2020 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780253047151
Publisert
2020-04-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Indiana University Press
Vekt
327 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
218

Forfatter
Musoni, Francis

Biographical note

Francis Musoni is Associate Professor of History at the University of Kentucky

Border Jumping and Migration Control in Southern Africa

Musoni, Francis
Heftet / 2020 / Engelsk
Musoni, Francis
Heftet / 2020 / Engelsk
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<p>Musoni has written an exciting book that challenges our notions of what borders on the African continent mean.</p>

H-Africa

<p>Francis Musoni's book <i>Border Jumping and Migration Control in Southern Africa</i> is an interesting and compelling read, mapping out the history of border jumping or "illegal migration" in Southern Africa.</p>

African Studies Review

<p>Overall this book is a good, effective read and a must for scholars of migration. It will make a timely contribution across the social sciences and humanities, providing new theoretical perspectives while challenging traditional notions of legality and illegality in cross border movements in Africa.</p>

- Kalpana Hiralal - University of KwaZulu-Natal, AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW

With the end of apartheid rule in South Africa and the ongoing economic crisis in Zimbabwe, the border between these Southern African countries has become one of the busiest inland ports of entry in the world. As border crossers wait for clearance, crime, violence, and illegal entries have become rampant. Francis Musoni observes that border jumping has become a way of life for many of those who live on both sides of the Limpopo River and he explores the reasons for this, including searches for better paying jobs and access to food and clothing at affordable prices. Musoni sets these actions into a framework of illegality. He considers how countries have failed to secure their borders, why passports are denied to travelers, and how border jumping has become a phenomenon with a long history, especially in Africa. Musoni emphasizes cross-border travelers' active participation in the making of this history and how clandestine mobility has presented opportunity and creative possibilities for those who are willing to take the risk.
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PrefaceAcknowledgments List of Acronyms and AbbreviationsIntroduction: A Site of Contestations: The Zimbabwe-South Africa Border and Illegal[ized] Movements Across it1. Colonial Statecraft and the Rise of Border Jumping 2. Promoting Illegality: South Africa's Ban on "Tropical Natives"3. Border Jumping and the Politics of Labor4. Apartheid, African Liberation Struggles and the Securitization of Cross-Limpopo Mobility 5. Crossing the Boundary Fence: The Zimbabwe Crisis and the Surge in Border JumpingConclusion: The Past in the Present: Border Jumping as a Legacy of the European Partition of AfricaBibliographyIndex
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Explores the history of border-jumping from what is now Zimbabwe to what is now South Africa. Francis Musoni contends that this cross-border movement has a long history and needs to be considered beyond the conventional framing of legality and illegality.
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<p>Musoni has written an exciting book that challenges our notions of what borders on the African continent mean.</p>

H-Africa

<p>Francis Musoni's book <i>Border Jumping and Migration Control in Southern Africa</i> is an interesting and compelling read, mapping out the history of border jumping or "illegal migration" in Southern Africa.</p>

African Studies Review

<p>Overall this book is a good, effective read and a must for scholars of migration. It will make a timely contribution across the social sciences and humanities, providing new theoretical perspectives while challenging traditional notions of legality and illegality in cross border movements in Africa.</p>

- Kalpana Hiralal - University of KwaZulu-Natal, AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW

With the end of apartheid rule in South Africa and the ongoing economic crisis in Zimbabwe, the border between these Southern African countries has become one of the busiest inland ports of entry in the world. As border crossers wait for clearance, crime, violence, and illegal entries have become rampant. Francis Musoni observes that border jumping has become a way of life for many of those who live on both sides of the Limpopo River and he explores the reasons for this, including searches for better paying jobs and access to food and clothing at affordable prices. Musoni sets these actions into a framework of illegality. He considers how countries have failed to secure their borders, why passports are denied to travelers, and how border jumping has become a phenomenon with a long history, especially in Africa. Musoni emphasizes cross-border travelers' active participation in the making of this history and how clandestine mobility has presented opportunity and creative possibilities for those who are willing to take the risk.
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PrefaceAcknowledgments List of Acronyms and AbbreviationsIntroduction: A Site of Contestations: The Zimbabwe-South Africa Border and Illegal[ized] Movements Across it1. Colonial Statecraft and the Rise of Border Jumping 2. Promoting Illegality: South Africa's Ban on "Tropical Natives"3. Border Jumping and the Politics of Labor4. Apartheid, African Liberation Struggles and the Securitization of Cross-Limpopo Mobility 5. Crossing the Boundary Fence: The Zimbabwe Crisis and the Surge in Border JumpingConclusion: The Past in the Present: Border Jumping as a Legacy of the European Partition of AfricaBibliographyIndex
Les mer
Explores the history of border-jumping from what is now Zimbabwe to what is now South Africa. Francis Musoni contends that this cross-border movement has a long history and needs to be considered beyond the conventional framing of legality and illegality.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780253047151
Publisert
2020-04-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Indiana University Press
Vekt
327 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
218

Forfatter
Musoni, Francis

Biographical note

Francis Musoni is Associate Professor of History at the University of Kentucky

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