The national border as a carceral device: Justifications and materialities of the Cameroonian situation
In this paper, we examine Cameroon’s eastern and northern borders and argue that they are, in some parts, traversed by carceral logics and practices. Against a backdrop of rapid change, these carceral logics and practices reinforce their traditional functions, while also outlining the contours of new border spatialities. They thus reveal locally unprecedented carceral grammars, which are reflected in the use of three specific measures : drones, video surveillance and camps.