Manufacturing Terrorism in Africa

Dr Mohamed Natheem Hendricks, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. His interest in security matters was sparked by debates related to Regional, Water and Human Security.

• 1. Prolegomenon: The White Widow—The Kenyan Westgate Mall Attack.- 2. The United State: Pivotal in the Terrorism Debate in Africa.- 3. Conceptualising Securitisation.- 4.The Invisible College.- 5. Expertise, Epistemes and the Construction of a Suspect Community.- 6. Writing Insecurity: Representations of Muslims and Islam in the South African Print Media.- 7. Conclusion.