Ernest Toochi Aniche is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Federal University Otuoke (FUO), Nigeria.

Ikenna Mike Alumona is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Nigeria.

Inocent Moyo is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Zululand, South Africa.

Contributor biographies. Introduction: An Overview of African Regionalism, Security and Development Ernest Toochi Aniche, Ikenna Mike Alumona and Inocent Mayo. PART I: HISTORY AND THEORY OF AFRICAN REGIONALISM. 1.Conceptualising and Historicising African Regionalism in the Context of Pan-Africanism Samuel Osagie Odobo. 2. Beyond Neo-Functionalism: Africa in Search of a New Theory of Regional Integration Ernest Toochi Aniche. 3. Foreign Policy Initiatives and Pan-African Regionalism Victor Chidubem Iwuoha. 4. Migration and Regional Integration in Africa: Some Critical Disjunctures Inocent Moyo. PART II: AFRICA'S COMPARATIVE REGIONALISM. 5. Towards a Single African Economic Space: Informal Cross-border trade and the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area Christopher Changwe Nshimbi. 6. Regional Integration and Trade in the Central and West Africa: ECCAS and ECOWAS in Comparative Perspective Emeka C. Iloh and Emmanuel C. Ojukwu. 7. European Union and African Union Internal Coordination and Crisis Management: Some Critical Reflections Emmanuel de Groof. 8. African and Latin American Regionalism: Perspectives for Interregionalism and South-South Cooperation Gladys Lechini and Carla Morasso. PART III: REGIONALISM AND SECURITY IN AFRICA. 9. Security Challenges and African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) Jude A. Momodu and Saheed Babajide Owonikoko. 10. Nationalism, Separatism, Conflicts and Pan-African Integration Onyekachi Ernest Nnabuihe and Kayode George. 11. Insurgency, Terrorism, Militancy, and African Regionalism Francis Chigozie Chilaka. 12. Political Succession and Regional Integration in Africa Ikenna Mike Alumona. 13. The African Union and Its Expanding Role in Peace Keeping and Conflict Resolution in the Post-Cold War Era Nicholas Idris Erameh. PART IV: AFRICAN INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT. 14. Developmental Regionalism and Democratisation in Africa Ashindorbe Kelvin & Kingsley Chigozie Udegbunam. 15. Developmental Regionalism Strategies and Gender in Africa: A Study of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Omokiniovo Harriet Efanodor-Obeten. 16. Multilateralism and Regional Trade Agreements: The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Stephen Nnaemeka Azom. 17. Globalisation and Modern African Regionalism Victor Chibuike Obikaeze. Index.

This book charts the history and contemporary landscape of African regionalism, investigating how regional cooperation can be used to help to tackle security and development challenges in Africa.
Africa has a long tradition of regional cooperation, with the oldest trade and monetary integration schemes in the developing world, but its colonial period and partition of have caused lasting damage that still be seen in today's African economies. Contemporary post-colonial African regionalism, deeply rooted in notions of pan-Africanism, has served as a means of collective self-reliance and economic transformation and development. This book starts with the history and theory behind African regionalism before discussing and comparing regional organisations such as the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the East African Community (EAC). Finally, the book considers how regional integration and cooperation can help to address security and development challenges.
This ambitious and broad-ranging book will be a valuable resource for researchers working on African regionalism, security, African integration and development, and comparative regionalism. Policymakers should also consider it a useful guide to the background and contemporary landscape of African regionalism.