Based on long-term research in an area long closed to researchers, this book provides an internal account of trans-border connectivity, armed conflict, labour and gender relations, and aspirations to political autonomy in northern Chad. It sheds light on current Saharan political developments, and adds a new perspective to Saharan studies.

A long-term analysis of development projects in rural Tanzania, tracing the improvised, reactive nature of small-scale interventions, aimed at staving off the threat posed by acute poverty to local governments' legitimacy and effectiveness.

Highlights the agency of local people in enabling transitional justice in post-conflict Sierra Leone. Moving past questions of institutional effectiveness, Laura S. Martin explores the diversity of post-conflict experiences and shows how individuals and communities enact justice on their own terms.