Smugglers, speculators, and the city in the Ethiopia-Somalia borderlands / Daniel K. Thompson.

Author/creator Thompson, Daniel K. author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Copyright Date©2025
Descriptionxiii, 237 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesAfrican studies series ;
African studies series ; 171. ^A23157
Contents Introduction. Connective borders and divided cities -- Urban borderwork : unexpected coalitions in a chat den -- Smuggling and judgment : (un)making livelihoods in the cross-border cultural economy -- Borderland urbanization : exchanges and identities on the urban frontier -- Connective borders : federalism's transnational topologies -- Contraband urbanity : urban egalitarianisms amid autocracy -- Transactional frontiers : urban exchanges that make borders -- Conclusion. The future in a frontier city.
Abstract "Analysing the work of Ethiopian-Somali smugglers and return-migrant investors, this study explores the relationship between cities and borders amid Africa's rapid urbanization. Daniel Thompson describes how African city-dwellers' lives are shaped by global border security regimes, and how they contest these borders in daily urban life"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 206-226) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Thompson, Daniel K. Smugglers, speculators, and the city in the Ethiopia-Somalia borderlands Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024 9781009556286
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