Secessionism in African Politics: Aspiration, Grievance, Performance, Disenchantment

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Secessionism perseveres as a complex political phenomenon in Africa, yet often a more in-depth analysis is overshadowed by the aspirational simplicity of pursuing a new state. Using historical and contemporary approaches, this edited volume offers the most exhaustive collection of empirical studies of African secessionism to date. The respected expert contributors put salient and lesser known cases into comparative perspective, covering Biafra, Katanga, Eritrea and South Sudan alongside Barotseland, Cabinda, and the Comoros, among others. Suggesting that African secessionism can be understood through the categories of aspiration, grievance, performance, and disenchantment, the book's analytical framework promises to be a building block for future studies of the topic. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii Africa’s Secessionism: A Breakdance of Aspiration, Grievance, Performance, and Disenchantment (Mareike Schomerus, Pierre Englebert, Lotje de Vries)....Pages 1-20 Front Matter ....Pages 21-21 Tuareg Separatism in Mali and Niger (Baz Lecocq, Georg Klute)....Pages 23-57 Anglophone Secessionist Movements in Cameroon (Piet Konings, Francis B. Nyamnjoh)....Pages 59-89 Ethiopia, Somalia, and the Ogaden: Still a Running Sore at the Heart of the Horn of Africa (Sarah Vaughan)....Pages 91-123 Front Matter ....Pages 125-125 Western Sahara and Morocco: Complexities of Resistance and Analysis (Matthew Porges)....Pages 127-149 Secessionism in Anjouan, Comoros: Internal Dynamics, External Decisions (Gregor Dobler)....Pages 151-178 Zanzibar in the Tanzania Union (Greg Cameron)....Pages 179-205 The Front(s) for the Liberation of Cabinda in Angola: A Phantom Insurgency (Joseph Figueira Martin)....Pages 207-227 Against the Grain: Somaliland’s Secession from Somalia (Markus Virgil Hoehne)....Pages 229-261 Front Matter ....Pages 263-263 The Mouvement des Forces Démocratiques de Casamance: The Illusion of Separatism in Senegal? (Vincent Foucher)....Pages 265-292 United in Separation? Lozi Secessionism in Zambia and Namibia (Wolfgang Zeller, Henning Melber)....Pages 293-328 Biafra and Secessionism in Nigeria: An Instrument of Political Bargaining (Johannes Harnischfeger)....Pages 329-359 Katanga’s Secessionism in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Miles Larmer, Erik Kennes)....Pages 361-391 Front Matter ....Pages 393-393 “We Didn’t Fight for This”: The Pitfalls of State- and Nation-Building in Eritrea (Alexandra Dias, Sara Dorman)....Pages 395-422 A State of Contradiction: Sudan’s Unity Goes South (Mareike Schomerus, Lotje de Vries)....Pages 423-454 Shifting Grounds for African Secessionism? (Heather Byrne, Pierre Englebert)....Pages 455-488 Back Matter ....Pages 489-501