Description: What is a border, and why does it exist? Through a discussion of selected cases of borders in African history, this book argues that borders are places of passage and that they are made to be crossed: they are thresholds.
Review Quotes: "For readers engaged with borderlands, mobility, and West African history, the volume offers substantial insights that meaningfully contribute to the expansion and refinement of the concepts of borders and thresholds." - Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues, Centre for African and Development Studies, University of Lisbon, in: Connections. A Journal for Historians and Area Specialists 06.02.2026.