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 IllustrationsList of AcronymsMapsPrefaceAcknowledgementsPart I: Context1. Refugeehood in Africa2. Refugee Studies3. African Refugee Studies4. Human Rights Instruments on African Refugees5. States and Policy FrameworksPart II: Making Refugees6. Colonialism and the Making of Refugees in Africa7. Postcolonial Politics, Wars and African Refugee Problems8. Internal Displacement in AfricaPart III: Displaced Lives9. Refugee Camps and Settlements in Africa10. Urban Refugees11. African Refugee Women: Gendering Policy and Protection12. African Refugee Youth13. Hope in Displacement: Refugees and Cultures of CreativityPart IV: Protection and Solutions14. Refugee Protection and Management15. Durable Solutions and the Crisis of Development16. Home, Return and PostrelocationPart V: Conclusion17. Citizenship, Rights and Development18. The Future: Ending Africa's Refugee CrisisBibliographyIndex

[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)