The state of terrorism research in Africa

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)502-505
JournalCritical Studies on Terrorism
Volume14
Issue number4
Early online date21 Sept 2021
DOIs
Publication statusE-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)

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