Pastoralists Of The West African Savanna

Author : Mahdi Adamu,A. H. M. Kirk-Greene
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429817786

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Pastoralists of the West African Savanna by Mahdi Adamu,A. H. M. Kirk-Greene Pdf

Originally published in 1986, this volume deals with various aspects of the life of the pastoralists who live in the area between what was Senegambia and Cameroon. It analyses the changing relations between pastoralists and agricultural peoples, and the changes that pastoral societies are undergoing with urbanisation, increased central government control and the spread of market relations. The papers are in both English and French and include historical studies of aspects of the history of Adamawa, the Fulani, the Twareg, the Shuwa Arabs and the Koyam in pre-colonial times. There is also a survey of the state of Fula language studies and the variety of Fula literature; discussions of the changing nature of pastoralism and the nomadic way of life in Cameroon, Senegal and Nigeria, including the effects of drought.

Author : Maja Slingerland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : CORNELL:31924087253302

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Mixed Farming by Maja Slingerland Pdf

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Author : Michael Bollig
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108488488

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Shaping the African Savannah by Michael Bollig Pdf

A history of 150 years of social-ecological transformations in the arid savannah landscape of Namibia.

Author : Derrick J. Stenning
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 3894738782

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Savannah Nomads by Derrick J. Stenning Pdf

This 1959 account of the Nomadic pastoral Fulani of Bornu, Northern Nigeria, begins with a brief historical sketch of the ancient kingdom of Bornu, and the Holy War of the nineteenth century and its repercussions. A detailed analysis of the family structure of the pastoralists (or Wodaabe) follows. The volume covers their organization into lineage groups, their forms of marriage and of inheritance, the status and functions of leaders in the lineage group and the cattle camps, and the central place the herds occupy in the social structure. The volume covers the impact on the traditional structure and way of life of the British administration, in particular the effects of the introduction of village headships and of new methods of taxation. A concluding chapter describes current plans for improving the general economy of the pastoralists, by developing various modifications of their methods of agricultural and animal husbandry, and by establishing forms of settlement.

Author : Jan M. Kowal,A. H. Kassam
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0198594623

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Agricultural Ecology of Savanna by Jan M. Kowal,A. H. Kassam Pdf

Author : Victor Azarya,Anneke Breedveld,Han van Dijk,Mirjam de Bruijn
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004491700

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Pastoralists under Pressure? by Victor Azarya,Anneke Breedveld,Han van Dijk,Mirjam de Bruijn Pdf

This book brings together the work of a number of leading specialists of the Fulbe (Fulani, Peul), the largest and most widespread group of pastoralists in West Africa. The collection deals with a wide variety of subjects, ranging from ethnicity and identity, ecology and politics, and social transformation and takes us to such diverse settings across the African continent as urban Nigeria, dryland West and Central Mali, the Aadamaawa plateau in Cameroon, the Guinean highlands, the Ivorian savannah, the Central Sudan, Northern Benin and the Senegal valley. This volume shows that the Fulbe are a fascinating example for the comparative study of social change, and ecological and cultural adaptation by discussing contemporary changes in Fulbe society and the amazing variety of settings in which they are able to survive.

Author : Kathleen M. Baker
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0198233930

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Indigenous Land Management in West Africa by Kathleen M. Baker Pdf

This book examines tropical resource management in West Africa. Drawing widely on field examples, it argues that more account should be taken of ecological conditions and indigenous land-use methods in decision-making about tropical management projects.

Author : Michael Bollig,Michael Schnegg,Hans-Peter Wotzka
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857459091

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Pastoralism in Africa by Michael Bollig,Michael Schnegg,Hans-Peter Wotzka Pdf

Pastoralism has shaped livelihoods and landscapes on the African continent for millennia. Mobile livestock husbandry has generally been portrayed as an economic strategy that successfully met the challenges of low biomass productivity and environmental variability in arid and semi-arid environments. This volume focuses on the emergence, diversity, and inherent dynamics of pastoralism in Africa based on research during a twelve-year period on the southwest and northeast regions. Unraveling the complex prehistory, history, and contemporary political ecology of African pastoralism, results in insight into the ingenuity and flexibility of historical and contemporary herders.

Author : Victor Azarya
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004113649

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Pastoralists Under Pressure? by Victor Azarya Pdf

This collection of papers on the Fulbe is an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of social change in one of the most fascinating group of pastoralists in Africa. Opens new perspectives on this group.

Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2446 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429812767

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African Seminars by Various Authors Pdf

Originally published between 1986 and 1989 the 8 volumes in this set reflect the research and debate surrounding many issues for the African economy, society and culture and as such make a vital contribution to effective development, both rural and urban. They re-issue key titles from the International African Library and the International African Seminars and address themes of direct relevance to contemporary Africa on topics as diverse as medicine, migration, housing, pastorialism and marriage.

Author : Andy Catley,Jeremy Lind,Ian Scoones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136255854

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Pastoralism and Development in Africa by Andy Catley,Jeremy Lind,Ian Scoones Pdf

Once again, the Horn of Africa has been in the headlines. And once again the news has been bad: drought, famine, conflict, hunger, suffering and death. The finger of blame has been pointed in numerous directions: to the changing climate, to environmental degradation, to overpopulation, to geopolitics and conflict, to aid agency failures, and more. But it is not all disaster and catastrophe. Many successful development efforts at ‘the margins’ often remain hidden, informal, sometimes illegal; and rarely in line with standard development prescriptions. If we shift our gaze from the capital cities to the regional centres and their hinterlands, then a very different perspective emerges. These are the places where pastoralists live. They have for centuries struggled with drought, conflict and famine. They are resourceful, entrepreneurial and innovative peoples. Yet they have been ignored and marginalised by the states that control their territory and the development agencies who are supposed to help them. This book argues that, while we should not ignore the profound difficulties of creating secure livelihoods in the Greater Horn of Africa, there is much to be learned from development successes, large and small. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars with an interest in development studies and human geography, with a particular emphasis on Africa. It will also appeal to development policy-makers and practitioners.

Author : Yaa P.A. Oppong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351504331

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Moving Through and Passing On by Yaa P.A. Oppong Pdf

"The Fulani are one of West Africa's most populous and geographically dispersed ethnic groups. Commonly thought of as a pastoral people, primarily engaged in cattle herding, Fulani peoples are in reality highly differentiated in livelihood and patterns of mobility. Despite having a long history of residence in Ghana, Fulani are considered ""aliens"" in the eyes of the state and ""strangers"" by the various ethnic groups among whom they reside. Among Fulani themselves, differences of place, circumstance, and experience have generated parallel ambigoities on matters of identity and survival. In Moving Through and Passing On, Yaa P.A. Oppong focuses on the Fulani of the Greater Accra region to offer the first detailed account of the lives of this transnational community in Ghana.Based on eighteen months of ethnographic fieldwork, Oppong develops detailed case studies and draws upon over two hundred in-depth life histories to explore issues of mobility, survival, and identity among this spacially dispersed and diverse group. Using perspectives and insights gained from oral life histories, private and public ceremonies, and ethnic associations, she examines the sites and circumstances in which people profess to be the ""same"" or ""different"" from one another. The markers of Fulani identity-as recognized by Fulani and non-Fulani alike-are examined. Oppong also explores the factors that allow them, as a distinct ethnic category, to maintain and perpetuate this identity and viability in Greater Accra. The metaphoric analogy of ""construction sites"" is employed to define the explicit and implicit events and recurring processes through which people conceive of themselves as Fulani. These locations and contexts of action include ethnic associations, public gatherings, and common rites of passage. The recurring processes include genealogical reckoning of kinship and endogamous marriage transactions, and the ways in which ties of descent and filiation are used to enha"

Author : Martin A. Klein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0521596785

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Slavery and Colonial Rule in French West Africa by Martin A. Klein Pdf

A history of slavery during the 19th and 20th centuries in three former French colonies.

Author : Stephen A. Dueppen
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781950446315

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Divine Consumption by Stephen A. Dueppen Pdf

Kirikongo is an archaeological site composed of thirteen remarkably well-preserved discrete mounds occupied continually from the early first to the mid second millennium AD. It spans a dynamic era that saw the growth of large settlement communities and regional socio-political formations, development of economic specializations, intensification in interregional commercial networks, and the effects of the Black Death pandemic. The extraordinary preservation of architectural units, activity areas and industrial zones provides a unique opportunity to discern the cultural practices that created stratified mounds (tells) in this part of West Africa. Building from a new detailed zooarchaeological analysis and refinements in stratigraphic precision, this book argues that repeated ritual activity was a significant factor in the accumulation of stratified archaeological deposits. The book details consistencies in form and content of discrete loci containing animal bones, food remains, and broken and unbroken objects and suggests that these are the remnants of sequential ancestor shrines created when domestic spaces were converted to tombs or dedicated mortuary monuments were constructed. Continuities and transformations in ancestral rituals at Kirikongo inform on earlier West African ritual practices from the second millennium BC as well as political and social transformations at the site. More broadly, this case study provides new insights on anthropogenic mound (tell) formation processes, social zooarchaeology, material culture theory, historical ontology, and the analysis of ritual and religion in the archaeological record.

Author : Johan Helland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Herders
ISBN : UOM:39015013739878

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Pastoralists and the Development of Pastoralism by Johan Helland Pdf