Etudes africaines de géographie par le bas [[electronic resource] =] : African studies in geography from below / / sous la direction de/edited by Michel Ben Arrous & Lazare Ki-Zerbo

• Pubblicazione: Dakar, : Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique (CODESRIA), c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (362 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Human geography - Africa
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Geography
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: Ben ArrousMichel Ki-ZerboLazare
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Avant-propos; I. Identités en mouvement; 1. La géographie par le bas : introduction à une aventure collective; 2. Identités ethniques et territorialisation en Casamance; 3. The Future of the Nation-State Project in Africa: the Case of Nigeria; 4. Remapping Kiswahili: A Political Geography of Language, Identity and Africanity; II. L'illusion du découpage; 5. The Politics of Frozen State Borders in Postcolonial Africa; 6. Whose Self-Determination? Conflicting Nationalisms and the Collapse of Somalia ; III. Rencontres urbaines et migratoires7. Refugees at Home? Coping with Somalia Conflict in Nairobi, Kenya; 8. BFCI : un laboratoire politique à la croisée des chemins; 9. West African Labour Migrants and National Security in Nigeria; 10. Les associations urbaines et le pouvoir local dans les quartiers populaires; IV. Conclusion; 11. La géographie par le bas, et après ?; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: The doctrine of international relations (inter-state, indeed), territorial ideologies, the logic of autochthony and its ramifications, ethnic cleansing, are all hinged at different levels upon the same pseudo-fact: to every society a closed and exclusive territory demarcated by fixed and linear borders. This way of thinking, totally foreign to African societies for a long time, has generated today more contradictions than it can ever solve. The authors of this book make a clear distinction between territory formation ""from the top"" as being a deliberate political project, and its formation "
• Titolo autorizzato: Etudes africaines de géographie par le bas
• ISBN: 1-282-90125-7; 9786612901256; 2-86978-386-8; 2-86978-342-6; 2-86978-428-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Francese
• Record Nr.: 9910458680403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Codesria book series.