A Claim to Land by the River : A Household in Senegal, 1720-1994
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0198201915
ISBN-13
9780198201915
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 24th, 1996
Print length
316 Pages
Weight
543 grams
Dimensions
22.60 x 14.40 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Development studiesAfrican historyAnthropologyLand rights
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Twenty years ago, Jaabe So set up an independent farmers' association based among a group of towns along the left bank of the Senegal river. This book tells the story of his struggle to defend the existence of this association against a state development corporation funded by development aid.
In the early part of the eighteenth century, Jaabe So''s ancestors founded a farm on the left bank of the Senegal river. Twenty years ago, Jaabe So set up an independent farmers'' association based among a group of towns along that river. Since then, he and Adrian Adams have spent much of their lives struggling to defend the existence of that association against a state development corporation lavishly funded by development aid. This is a narrative of that struggle, placed in the context of three centuries of Senegalese history. This extraordinary book will be an invaluable reference for those who believe that Africans may yet redeem a future free from the false promises of development, by drawing upon an inherited past.
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