This book looks at the ways African borders impact war and conflict, as well as the ways continental integration could contribute towards cooperation, peace and well-being in Africa. African borders or borderlands can be a source of problems and opportunity.

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

Christopher Changwe Nshimbi is Director and Department of Science and Technology-National Research Foundation (DST-NRF) Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn), Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

1. Borders, War and Conflict in Africa: Revisiting the Narrative of a War-Torn Continent 2. Borders and the coloniality of human mobility: A view from Africa 3 Trans-border trajectories of violence: Capabilities for peace and cooperative engagement in the Afar Horn 4 Border porosity and counterinsurgency in Nigeria 5 Border fragility and the causes of war and conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 6 The cross-border dimension of intrastate conflicts in Africa: An analysis of the Great Lakes region and Mano River 7 Taking sustainable development to the limits: State policy - grassroots actor activities interface in borderlands 8 Undocumented migration between Zimbabwe and South Africa: Reflections on migration and peace 9 An examination of the SADC regional integration posture in the context of the contested 2008 election run-off in Zimbabwe 10 Does war/conflict hinder REI in Africa?: The regional integration-conflict/war nexus 11 Innovations for "silencing the guns" and redefining African borders as promoters of peace, wellbeing, regional and continental integration