From Slavery to Aid : Politics, Labour, and Ecology in the Nigerien Sahel, 1800–2000
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
African Studies
ISBN-10
1107119057
ISBN-13
9781107119055
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 25th, 2015
Print length
399 Pages
Weight
704 grams
Dimensions
16.30 x 23.50 x 2.80 cms
Ksh 19,600.00
Manufactured on Demand
Delivery in 29 days
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Delivery in 29 days
Secure
Quality
Fast
From Slavery to Aid takes two major themes of African historiography - the death of slavery and the birth of aid - and constructs a social history of the Ader region, an understudied region of the West African Sahel in today's Republic of Niger.
From Slavery to Aid engages two major themes in African historiography, the slow death of slavery and the evolution of international development, and reveals their interrelation in the social history of the region of Ader in the Nigerien Sahel. Benedetta Rossi traces the historical transformations that turned a society where slavery was a fundamental institution into one governed by the goals and methods of ''aid''. Over an impressive sweep of time - from the pre-colonial power of the Caliphate of Sokoto to the aid-driven governments of the present - this study explores the problem that has remained the central conundrum throughout Ader''s history: how workers could meet subsistence needs and employers fulfil recruitment requirements in an area where natural resources are constantly exposed to the climatic hazards characteristic of the edge of the Sahara.
Get From Slavery to Aid by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Cambridge University Press and it has pages.
