In this revealing new book, Boas and Dunn explore the phenomenon of 'autochthony' in contemporary African politics. In contemporary Africa, questions concerning origin - in the case of autochthony literally a 'son of the soil' - are currently among the most crucial and contested issues in political[...]

At the center of many of Africa's violent conflicts are movements that do not seem to fit any established theories of armed resistance. "African Guerrillas" offers new models for understanding these movements, eschewing one-dimensional explanations. The authors build on - and in some cases debate - [...]