Land, labour and entrustment : West African female farmers and the politics of difference / by Pamela J. Kea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kea, Pamela.

Series:

African social studies series ; v. 21.

African social studies series ; v. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land reform--Gambia--Brikama.

Land reform.

Women farmers--Gambia--Brikama.

Women farmers.

Contract labor--Gambia--Brikama.

Contract labor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Diverse contractual arrangements and forms of exchange established between smallholder farmers, their households and community work groups, are important to our understanding of processes of agrarian transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, little has been written in this area. Challenging portrayals of West African female farmers as a homogenous group, the present study provides an ethnographic account of the contractual relations established between female hosts and migrants, in the exchange of land and labour for agrarian production in a Gambian community. Further, it demonstrates the way in which, despite the liberalization of the economy, local cultural practices, such as that of entrustment, continue to be of significance in affecting the nature and particular character of agrarian transformation and postcolonial capitalist development.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / P. Kea

Chapter One. Introduction / P. Kea

Chapter Two. Processes Of Agrarian Transformation: Strange Farmers, Groundnuts And The Search For New Modes Of Accumulation / P. Kea

Chapter Three. Narratives Of The Founding Of Brikama: Hosts And The Affirmation Of Social Identities / P. Kea

Chapter Four. The Practice Of Daily Life: Greetings And The Social Relations Of Agrarian Production / P. Kea

Chapter Five. Hosts And The Acquisition Of Land / P. Kea

Chapter Six. Female Agrarian Clientelist Relations And Entrustment / P. Kea

Chapter Seven. The Changing Relations Of Agrarian Production And The Politics Of Difference / P. Kea

Chapter Eight. Conclusions / P. Kea

Appendix A / P. Kea

Appendix B / P. Kea

Bibliography / P. Kea

Index / P. Kea.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-216) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-78716-0

9786612787164

90-04-18538-0

OCLC:

667274133

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004182325.i-218 DOI