[Article]Insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea: Reinventing the Past to Explain the Origin and Development of Maritime Insecurity

Fru Norbert Suh I

Introduction

   Background Study

   The Historical Event Analysis Approach

   The Concept of Maritime Security/Insecurity

Historical Experiences of Security/Insecurity in the GoG Maritime Zone

   Early Europeans and the Internationalization of the GoG

   Slave Trade and Humanitarian Insecurity in the GoG

   Legitimate Trade, European Scramble and Colonialism from the GoG

   Implications

   Resistance to Colonialism to Secure the GoG for Africans

   The GoG from the Two Great Wars to Post- Colonial Africa

Beyond the Past: “New” Stakes and Threats

   Piracy, Oil Theft and Unlawful Activities

   Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing

   Pollution

   Sociopolitical and Economic Instability

Conclusion

Biographical Statement