Poor are Not Us

Poverty and Pastoralism in Eastern Africa

AvVigdis Broch-Due,David M. Anderson

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

Del i serien Eastern African Studies

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Beskrivning

Recognises pastoralists' wealth in land, livestock and adaptability.This collection concerning East African pastoralists rejects the premise of pastoral egalitarianism and poses questions about the gradual creep of poverty, changing patterns of wealth and accumulation, the impact of diminishing resources on pastoral communities, and the impact of external values.North America: Ohio U Press

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Utgivningsdatum:2000-01-20
Mått:138 x 216 x undefined mm
Vikt:380 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Eastern African Studies
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:James Currey
ISBN:9780852552650

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Part 1 Introduction - poverty past and present: poverty and the pastoralist - deconstructing myths, reconstructing realities, Vigdis Broch-Due and David M. Anderson; pastoral poverty in historical perspective, Richard D. Wallet; remembered cattle, forgotten people - the morality of exchange and the exclusion of the Turkana poor, Vigdis Broch-Due. Part 2 Metaphors and meanings: power and poverty in southern Somalia, Bernhard Helander; pastoralists at the border - Maasai poverty and the development discourse in Tanzania, Aud Talle; why hyenas chase the lion -Iraqw and Datooga discourses on fortune, failure and the future, Ole Bjorn Rekdal and Astrid Blystad. Part 3 Coins and calories: health consequences of pastoral sedentarization among Rendille of northern Kenya, Elliot Fratkin et al; of markets, meat and milk -pastoral commoditization in Kenya, Fred Zaal and Ton Dietz; mutual assistance among the Ngorongoro Maasai, Tomasz Potkanski. Part 4 Development dialogues: images and interventions - the "problems" of "pastoralist" development, Dorothy L. Hodgson; rehabilitation, resettlement and restocking - ideology and practice in pastoralist development, David M. Anderson.