Christopher Vaughan
Violence and regulation in the Darfur-Chad borderland c. 1909-1956: policing a colonial boundary
Vaughan, Christopher
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Abstract
Recent literature has emphasised the political and economic opportunities afforded to peoples living in African borderlands by the existence of permeable inter-state boundaries. This article examines the history of the Darfur-Chad borderland under colonial rule and finds that serious risks existed for those attempting to circumvent state authority in order to take advantage of such opportunities. State-led attempts to control these borders, though always incomplete, were often characterised by considerable violence. The limits of state power did not therefore straightforwardly translate into an accommodation with border societies. That said, this was also a border zone characterised by complex interaction and negotiation between state and local forms of regulation, and by multiple forms of sovereignty. This led to the emergence of plural and hybrid forms of authority, now repeatedly observed in studies of contemporary African borderlands, but rarely fully historicised.
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Vaughan, C. (2013). Violence and regulation in the Darfur-Chad borderland c. 1909-1956: policing a colonial boundary. Journal of African History, 54(2), 177-198. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021853713000285
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jul 1, 2013 |
Deposit Date | May 1, 2013 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 19, 2013 |
Journal | Journal of African History |
Print ISSN | 0021-8537 |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-5138 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 54 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 177-198 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021853713000285 |
Keywords | Northeastern Africa, Chad, Sudan, Colonial administration, State, Violence. |
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