Africa Now -- About the Editor -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figure and Tables -- Introduction -- 1 Displacement economies: paradoxes of crisis and creativity in Africa -- An insistent presence -- Conceptualizing displacement -- Considering displacement economies in Africa -- Elements of an approach: conceptual arenas and themes -- Displacement economies in practice -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART I Economies of rupture and repositioning -- 2 Securing livelihoods: economic practice in the Darfur-Chad borderlands -- Introduction -- 'Displacement economy' as a socio-spatial analytical frame -- The larger context of rebellion and displacement in Chad -- Increasing and decreasing numbers of actors in different displacement sites -- Refugee economies in the camp - the case of Cheikh Moussa -- New economic opportunities generated by displacement - the case of Brahim -- Assessing crisis and creativity within the displacement economy's four sites -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Contested spaces, new opportunities: displacement, return and the rural economy in Casamance, Senegal -- Introduction -- Displacement and relational space -- The Casamance conflict -- Geographies of displacement in the Guinea-Bissau border zone -- Return in the border zone -- The remaking of political space and its discontents -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 The paradoxes of class: crisis, displacement and repositioning in post-2000 Zimbabwe -- Introduction -- Logics of accumulation and dispossession -- Thinking about class and capital in the 'new' Zimbabwe -- The political economy of decline in Zimbabwe -- Evolving realms of repositioning -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART II Reshaping economic sectors, markets and investment -- 5 Rapid adaptations to change and displacements in the Lundas (Angola) -- Introduction.

Mobile Lundas -- Changing adaptive economic strategies over time -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 Somali displacements and shifting markets: camel milk in Nairobi's Eastleigh Estate -- Introduction -- Historical context: who are the 'Somalis' in Eastleigh? -- Conceptualizing consumption and commodification of camel milk -- 'Drinking culture' in Eastleigh: 'we [Somalis] like rice, spaghetti, but we drink also our culture' -- Paths and diversions: the 'life history' of camel milk -- 'Camel milk is all we know': the camel milk business and socioeconomic change -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7 Diaspora returnees in Somaliland's displacement economy -- Introduction -- Land rush in Hargeisa -- Private sector pioneers -- Becoming somebody -- An economy of return -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 8 Financial flows and secrecy jurisdictions in times of crisis: relocating assets in Zimbabwe's displacement economy -- Introduction -- Displacement and relocation -- Displacement of the vulnerable -- Financial patterns generated by displacement of the vulnerable -- Economic informalization of the formal sector -- Externalization of the assets of the wealthy -- The wealthy and the poor 'meet' offshore -- Conclusion -- References -- PART III Confinement and economies of loss and hope -- 9 The IDP economy in northern Uganda: a prisoners' economy? -- Introduction -- Confinement and the production of fear -- Figure 9.1 Fear of being mugged, attacked, raped, shot or harassed by LRA -- Table 9.1 How many kilometres people could move outside the camps -- Table 9.2 Number of households in each Selection Area -- A prison economy -- Table 9.3 Humanitarian assistance received -- Table 9.4 Use of food aid -- Table 9.5 Access to land for cultivation adjacent to the camp -- Table 9.6 The use of cultivation land.

Table 9.7 Preceding month's income by those who had engaged in economic activities in the previous year -- An economy of fear and uncertainty -- Table 9.8 Households with victims of crime or violent encounter during the month prior to interview -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 10 'No move to make': the Zimbabwe crisis, displacement-in-place and the erosion of 'proper places' -- Introduction -- Zimbabwe's political and economic crisis -- Interrogating the 'place' in 'displacement' -- 'Strategies', 'tactics' and upset economic 'ground' -- 'Nothing is moving' -- Grounding economic life -- Displacement: from trespassing to disintegration -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 11 Captured lives: the precarious space of youth displacement in eastern DRC -- Introduction -- Youth and armed conflict -- The social geography of armed conflict -- Displaced youth in Butembo -- Secluded spaces -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- About the contriburors -- Index -- About Zed Books.