LEADER 02591nam 22005292 450 001 9911018875203321 005 20251019235431.0 010 $a90-04-72697-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32174065 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32174065 035 $a(CKB)39419294600041 035 $a(OCoLC)1525621993 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004726970 035 $a(EXLCZ)9939419294600041 100 $a20250404d2025 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAfrican Thresholds: Borders and Places of Passage in Africa, c.1450 to Present /$fedited by Ettore Morelli 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLeiden ;$aBoston :$cBrill,$d2025. 210 4$dİ2025 215 $a1 online resource (399 pages) 225 1 $aSocial Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2025 225 1 $aStudies in Global Social History ;$v56/5 311 08$a90-04-72696-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aThe Open Access publication of this book has been made possible by the Swiss National Science Foundation. What is a border, and why does it exist? Reappraising a key idea from Arnold van Gennep?s Les rites de passage , this book argues that a border is a threshold, a limen , made to be crossed. African Thresholds studies places of passage spanning from the riverine networks of Senegambia to border-making in colonial Gold Coast and Co?te d?Ivoire; from the desert roads of central southern Africa to river heartlands in colonial Togo; from flows of cowrie shells across the Volta River to insurgent borderities in the Lake Chad. In a time when state borders are increasingly shut, this book aims to show us that a border is made by those who cross it as much as by those who stand by it. Contributors are: Ettore Morelli, Fernando Mouta, Pierluigi Valsecchi, Mari?a Jose? Pont Cha?fer, Giulia Casentini, and Aime? Raoul Sumo Tayo. 410 0$aSocial Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2025. 410 0$aStudies in Global Social History ;$v56/5. 606 $aAfrican Studies 606 $aRoads$zAfrica$xAfrica 606 $aHistory 607 $aAfrica$xBoundaries 615 4$aAfrican Studies. 615 0$aRoads$xAfrica. 615 0$aHistory. 676 $a496 702 $aMorelli$b Ettore 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911018875203321 996 $aAfrican Thresholds: Borders and Places of Passage in Africa, c.1450 to Present$94419036 997 $aUNINA