Granice, terytorium i przestrzeń w Afryce według Achillesa Mbembe

• Authors: Tomasz Bichta

Title variants

EN

Boundaries, territory and space in Africa according to Achille Mbembe

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Contemporary Africa is a very specific expanse where territories and boundaries always played major role. The shape of boundaries is one of the main problems in African countries since long time. Boundaries imposed by colonist countries often didn’t mirror the real divisions and differences on relevant territory. These days many scientists notice a huge value of boundaries and territories on African continent. One of them is Achille Mbembe - theorist of post colonialism, African issues expert and the author of some well-known political essays. According to Mbembe a boundary is not always the end, it's often just the beginning of wide-ranging consequences in behaviour of some objects of foreign affairs. Colonialism and its results are in his opinion the first factor that impacted and still does on territorial situation in Africa. The second is a regional integration that is nowadays happening in Africa. Mbembe marks out three parts of African continent and pays attention to some connections among them. In his opinion every region, every area has its use and can be domesticated even if is regarded as marginal. Africa is constantly pulling itself apart and taking on new shapes under the combined effects of demography, massive urbanisation and the economic, military and religious ambitions being pursued.

Keywords

EN

Achille Mbembe; Africa

• Publisher: Instytut Nauk Politycznych, Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Forum Politologiczne
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 10 - Przestrzeń i granice we współczesnej Afryce
• Pages: 113-124

Contributors

author

Tomasz Bichta

• Wydział Politologii Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie

References

• Africa's development needs: state of implementation of various commitments, challenges and the way forward, A/63/130, 15.07.2008, http://www.un.org/ ga/president/62/ThematicDebates/adnhlm.shtml.
• Beyond Humanitarianism. What You Need to Know About Africa and Why It Matters, ed. by P. N. Lyman, P. Dorff, New York 2007.
• Beyond State Crisis? Postcolonial Africa and Post-Soviet Eurasia in Comparative Perspective, ed. by M. R. Beissinger, C. Young, Baltimore 2002.
• Carrisi G., Dzieci-żołnierze. Kalami idzie na wojnę, Kraków 2007.
• Empires, Systems and States. Great Transformations in International Politics, ed. by M. Fox, T. Dunne, K. Booth, Cambridge 2001.
• Jasiński W. A., Na marginesie Raportu Sekretarza Generalnego NZ, http://afryka.org/index.php?show News Plus= 3273.
• Leszczyński A., Naznaczeni. Afryka i AIDS, Warszawa 2003.
• Lyman P. N., China Ups the Ante in Africa, w: Beyond Humanitarianism. What You Need to Know About Africa and Why It Matters, ed. by P. N. Lyman, P. Dorff, New York 2007.
• Mbembe A., Africa: Joining here with elsewhere, „Le Monde diplomatique" (Berlin) 5/2006, http://www.mondediplo.com.
• Mbembe A., African frontiers in flux, "Le Monde diplomatique" 1999, No. 11 (English Edition), http://www.mondediplo.com.
• Mbembe A., At the Edge of the World: Boundaries, Territoriality, and Sovereignty in Africa, w: Beyond State Crisis? Postcolonial Africa and Post- Soviet Eurasia in Comparative Perspective, ed by M. R. Beissinger, C. Young, Baltimore 2002.
• Mbembe A., On the Postcolony, Berkeley 2001.
• Mbembe A., What is postcolonial thinking? An interview with Achille Mbembe, „Esprit" 2006, No. 12.
• State, Conflict, and Democracy in Africa, ed by R. Joseph, London 1999.