Land, Mobility, and Belonging in West Africa : Natives and Strangers /

Focusing on an area of the savannah in northern Ghana and southwestern Burkina Faso, this book explores how rural populations have secured, contested, and negotiated access to land and how they have organized their communities despite being constantly on the move as farmers or migrant laborers. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lentz, Carola
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2013
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rural development.
Migrant agricultural laborers.
Land use.
Farmers.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Animal Husbandry.
Utilisation du sol > Afrique occidentale.
Developpement rural > Afrique occidentale.
Travailleurs agricoles migrants > Afrique occidentale.
Agriculteurs > Afrique occidentale.
Land use > Africa, West.
Rural development > Africa, West.
Migrant agricultural laborers > Africa, West.
Farmers > Africa, West.
West Africa.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Focusing on an area of the savannah in northern Ghana and southwestern Burkina Faso, this book explores how rural populations have secured, contested, and negotiated access to land and how they have organized their communities despite being constantly on the move as farmers or migrant laborers. The author seeks to understand how those who claim native status hold sway over others who are perceived to have come later. As conflicts over land, agriculture, and labor have multiplied in Africa, this book shows how politics and power play decisive roles in determining access to scarce resources and in changing notions of who belongs and who is a stranger.
Physical Description:1 online resource (348 pages).
ISBN:9780253009616

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