Abstract
I argue that the epochal enthroning of 9/11 made the reading of terrorism in Africa among African-based researchers increasingly ahistorical and uncritical. Indeed, African-based voices have contributed to state-centred and state-controlled scholarship in terrorism studies. Critical engagements and research are few, and the prevalent information about Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram and ISWAP is yet to move beyond centring the state and its security agenda.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 502-505 |
Journal | Critical Studies on Terrorism |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 21 Sept 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 21 Sept 2021 |
Keywords
- Terrorism
- Counter-terrorism
- African Studies
- critical terrorism studies
- 9/11
- temporality
- international security
- conflict
- terrorism studies
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)