Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Introduction: A Site of Contestations: The Zimbabwe-South Africa Border and Illegal[ized] Movements Across it

1. Colonial Statecraft and the Rise of Border Jumping

2. Promoting Illegality: South Africa's Ban on "Tropical Natives"

3. Border Jumping and the Politics of Labor

4. Apartheid, African Liberation Struggles and the Securitization of Cross-Limpopo Mobility

5. Crossing the Boundary Fence: The Zimbabwe Crisis and the Surge in Border Jumping

Conclusion: The Past in the Present: Border Jumping as a Legacy of the European Partition of Africa

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Francis Musoni is Associate Professor of History at the University of Kentucky

Reviews

Musoni has written an exciting book that challenges our notions of what borders on the African continent mean. (H-Africa) Francis Musoni's book Border Jumping and Migration Control in Southern Africa is an interesting and compelling read, mapping out the history of border jumping or "illegal migration" in Southern Africa. (African Studies Review) Overall this book is a good, effective read and a must for scholars of migration. It will make a timely contribution across the social sciences and humanities, providing new theoretical perspectives while challenging traditional notions of legality and illegality in cross border movements in Africa. - Kalpana Hiralal - University of KwaZulu-Natal (AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW)