This book examines social, economic and political issues in West, Eastern and Southern Africa in relation to borders, human mobility and regional integration. In the process, it highlights the innovative aspects of human agency on the African continent, and presents a range of empirical case...

Based on migration dynamics in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, this edited volume focuses on the activities of grassroots and informal non-state actors. The authors explore cross-border economic activities, migration governance issues, the regional integration project...

Part I: Borders, Mobility And Integration In Africa: Concepts And Issues -- Chapter 1: Borders, human mobility, integration and development in Africa: An introduction -- Chapter 2: Imagining borders, borderlands, migration and integration in Africa: The search for connections and disjunctures --...