Pastoralism in Africa : past, present and future / edited by Michael Bollig, Michael Schnegg and Hans-Peter Wotzka.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bollig, Michael.

Schnegg, Michael.

Wotzka, Hans-Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pastoral systems--Africa.

Pastoral systems.

Pastoral systems--Africa--History.

Herding--Africa.

Herding.

Herding--Africa--History.

Land use--Africa.

Land use.

History.

Africa.

Physical Description:

xviii, 525 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.

Contents:

Introduction: Specialisation and diversification among African pastoral societies / Michael Bollig and Michael Schnegg

1. Herders before pastoralism: prehistoric prelude in the eastern Sahara / Rudolph Kuper and Heiko Riemer

2. 'I hope your cattle are well': archaeological evidence for early cattle-centred behaviour in the eastern Sahara of Sudan and Chad / Friederike Jesse, Birgit Keding, Tilman Lenssen-Erz and Nadja Pöllath

3. Trajectories to pastoralism in northern and central Kenya: an overview of the archaeological and environmental evidence / Paul Lane

4. From first stock keepers to specialised pastoralists in the West African savannah / Veerle Linseele

5. A short history of early herding in Southern Africa / Karim Sadr

6. Establishing a precolonial 'modern' cattle-and-gun society: (re-)pastoralisation, mercantile capitalism and power amongst Herero in nineteenth century central Namibia / Dag Henrichsen

7. The emergence of commercial ranching under state control and the encapsulation of pastoralism in African reserves / Christo Botha

8. Land, boreholes and fences: the development of commercial livestock farming in the Outjo district, Namibia / Ute Dieckmann

9. The political ecology of specialisation and diversification: long-term dynamics of pastoralism in East Pokot District, Kenya / Michael Bollig and Matthias Österle

10. Social-ecological change and institutional development in a pastoral community in north-western Namibia / Michael Bollig

11. Pastoral belonging: causes and consequences of part-time pastoralism in north-western Namibia / Michael Schnegg, Julia Pauli and Clemens Greiner

12. Pastoralism, conflict and state in contemporary eastern Chad: the case of Zaghawa-Tama relationships / Babett Jánszky and Grit Jungstand

13. Unofficial trade when states are weak: the case of cross-border livestock trade in the Horn of Africa / Peter D. Little

14. Pastoralism and trans-Saharan trade: the transformation of a historical trade route between eastern Chad and Libya / Meike Meerpohl

15. Pastoralism and nature conservation in Southern Africa / Susanne Berzborn and Martin Solich

16. The indigenisation of pastoral modernity: territoriality, mobility and poverty in dryland Africa / John G. Galaty.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857459084

0857459082

9780857459091

0857459090

OCLC:

808628143