Pastoralism In Tropical Africa

Author : Théodore Monod
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429955936
Total Pages : 498 pages
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Download or read book Pastoralism in Tropical Africa written by Théodore Monod and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1975, the papers collected in this volume review African pastoralism in both West and East Africa, in relation to economy, ecology, social and community organisation, kinship, inter-group relations, modern administrative attitudes and policies and problems of development. The challenges confronting peoples and cultures in Africa which practise pastoralism are discussed.

Author : Théodore Monod
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Total Pages : 502 pages
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Download or read book Pastoralism in Tropical Africa written by Théodore Monod and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
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Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Agricultural systems and pastoralism in tropical africa written by and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrew B. Smith
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
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Download or read book Pastoralism in Africa written by Andrew B. Smith and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an historical account of the development of pastoralism in Africa, and its adaptation to the open grasslands which cover large parts of the continents. How African pastoralists cope with their environment varies in social terms, but ultimately these social constraints still have to deal with the vagaries of localised and seasonal rainfall which lead to inconsistencies in the availability of pasture. Pastoralism has been a successful adaptation for thousands of years, so we must ask why many of Africa's herdsmen are under pressure at the end of the twentieth century. A number of serious droughts blighted Africa in the 1970s and '80s, affecting the rural peoples, be they farmers or herders. Other questions lead from this: have these been unusually severe events, resulting in difficult adjustments for African pastoral peoples? And, if these drought conditions are part of the regular long-term climatic cycle, what has been so significant about the '70s and '80s? Pastoralism in Africa attempts to answer these questions by using ecological evidence from prehistory to enlarge understanding of the vicissitudes of herding societies in Africa today. The origins and spread of herding systems throughout the continent are examined with the underlying idea that understanding the growth of pastoral production in the past allows for a more sympathetic treatment of indigenous social formations based on tradition and experience, thus enabling governments and development agencies to formulate adaptive strategies suited to specific environments and the peoples that inhabit them. The book will interest archaeologists, development workers, anthropologists and students of African history.

Author : Michael Bollig
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857459090
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pastoralism in Africa written by Michael Bollig and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Download or read book Pastoralism in Tropical Africa Studies Presented and Discussed at the XIIIth International African Seminar, Niamey, December 1972 Ed with an Introduction by Theo written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : International African Seminar Staff
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ISBN 13 : 9780783711799
Total Pages : 518 pages
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Download or read book Pastoralism in Tropical Africa written by International African Seminar Staff and published by . This book was released on with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andy Catley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136255842
Total Pages : 315 pages
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Download or read book Pastoralism and Development in Africa written by Andy Catley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Yanda, Pius Zebhe
Publisher : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9987753922
Total Pages : 274 pages
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Download or read book Pastoralism and Climate Change in East Africa written by Yanda, Pius Zebhe and published by Mkuki na Nyota Publishers. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pastoralism and Climate Change in East Africa provides systematic and robust empirical investigations on the impact of climate change on pastoral production systems, as well as participating in the ongoing debate over the efficacy of traditional pastoralism. This book is an initial product of the Project Building Knowledge to Support Climate Change Adaptation for Pastoralist Communities in East Africa implemented by the Centre for Climate Change Studies of the University of Dar es Salaam with support from the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa. Traditional pastoralism has proved to be a resilient and unique system of adaptations in a dynamic process of unpredictable climatic variability and continuous human interactions with the natural environment in dryland ecosystems. Pastoral adaptations and climate-induced innovative coping mechanisms have strategically been embedded in the indigenous social structures and resource management value systems. Pastoral livelihoods have, nevertheless, become increasingly vulnerable to climate change impacts as a result of prolonged marginalization and harmful external interventions. The negative effect of global climate change has been an added dimension to the already prevailing crisis in the pastoral livelihood system, which is substantially driven by non-climatic factors of internal and external pressures of change such as population growth, bad governance and shrinking rangelands lost to competing activities.

Author : Z.A. Konczacki
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136276971
Total Pages : 198 pages
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Download or read book The Economics of Pastoralism written by Z.A. Konczacki and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economics and future of pastoralism in Sub-Saharan Africa.