African Refugees

Toyin Falola is Distinguished Teaching Professor and Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Falola is author/editor of over one hundred and fifty books on African history, politics, and society and the recipient of sixteen honorary doctorates from around the world, as well as more than thirty lifetime achievement awards. He is at the moment working on various aspects of African knowledge systems, including his recently published book Decolonizing African Studies. Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso is Associate Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies at Brandeis University, and co-Chair of the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies (FTGS) Section of the International Studies Association. Two decades of field research and publications on African refugees and women's issues have earned her multiple grants and fellowships including from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and the University for Peace Africa Program, among others. Dr. Yacob-Haliso's most recent books include the three-volume Palgrave Handbook of African Women's Studies and African Indigenous Knowledges in a Postcolonial World.

List of Illustrations List of Acronyms Maps Preface Acknowledgements Part I: Context 1. Refugeehood in Africa 2. Refugee Studies 3. African Refugee Studies 4. Human Rights Instruments on African Refugees 5. States and Policy Frameworks Part II: Making Refugees 6. Colonialism and the Making of Refugees in Africa 7. Postcolonial Politics, Wars and African Refugee Problems 8. Internal Displacement in Africa Part III: Displaced Lives 9. Refugee Camps and Settlements in Africa 10. Urban Refugees 11. African Refugee Women: Gendering Policy and Protection 12. African Refugee Youth 13. Hope in Displacement: Refugees and Cultures of Creativity Part IV: Protection and Solutions 14. Refugee Protection and Management 15. Durable Solutions and the Crisis of Development 16. Home, Return and Postrelocation Part V: Conclusion 17. Citizenship, Rights and Development 18. The Future: Ending Africa's Refugee Crisis Bibliography Index

[A] wide-ranging work which grounds the experiences of African refugees as the basis for a much larger look at African countries and international relations and responsibilities. - J. E. Weaver, emerita, Drake University (Choice) This engaging book is written in a style that is accessible and I recommend it to anyone interested in understanding refugee issues in Africa. It is relevant to both students and scholars of forced migration as well as practitioners. (Journal of Refugee Studies)