The poor are not us : poverty & pastoralism in Eastern Africa

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The poor are not us : poverty & pastoralism in Eastern Africa

edited by David M. Anderson & Vigdis Broch-Due

(Eastern African studies)

J. Currey , E.A.E.P , Ohio University Press, 1999

  • : James Currey : hbk
  • : James Currey : pbk
  • : Ohio University Press : hbk
  • : Ohio University Press : pbk

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The poor are not us : poverty and pastoralism in Eastern Africa

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-269) and index

"The chapters of this anthology come from a larger collection of papers produced for a conference in 1995 under the auspices of research programme "Poverty and Prosperity in Africa: Local and Global Perspectives" at the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI), Uppsala, Sweden"--pref

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Volume

: James Currey : pbk ISBN 9780852552650

Description

Recognises pastoralists' wealth in land, livestock and adaptability. This collection concerning East African pastoralists rejects the premise of pastoral egalitarianism and poses questions about the gradual creep of poverty, changing patterns of wealth and accumulation, the impact of diminishing resources on pastoral communities, and the impact of external values. North America: Ohio U Press

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Introduction - poverty past and present: poverty and the pastoralist - deconstructing myths, reconstructing realities, Vigdis Broch-Due and David M. Anderson
  • pastoral poverty in historical perspective, Richard D. Wallet
  • remembered cattle, forgotten people - the morality of exchange and the exclusion of the Turkana poor, Vigdis Broch-Due. Part 2 Metaphors and meanings: power and poverty in southern Somalia, Bernhard Helander
  • pastoralists at the border - Maasai poverty and the development discourse in Tanzania, Aud Talle
  • why hyenas chase the lion -Iraqw and Datooga discourses on fortune, failure and the future, Ole Bjorn Rekdal and Astrid Blystad. Part 3 Coins and calories: health consequences of pastoral sedentarization among Rendille of northern Kenya, Elliot Fratkin et al
  • of markets, meat and milk -pastoral commoditization in Kenya, Fred Zaal and Ton Dietz
  • mutual assistance among the Ngorongoro Maasai, Tomasz Potkanski. Part 4 Development dialogues: images and interventions - the "problems" of "pastoralist" development, Dorothy L. Hodgson
  • rehabilitation, resettlement and restocking - ideology and practice in pastoralist development, David M. Anderson.
Volume

: James Currey : hbk ISBN 9780852552667

Description

This collection concerning East African pastoralists rejects the premise of pastoral egalitarianism and poses questions about the gradual creep of poverty, changing patterns of wealth and accumulation, the impact of diminishing resources on pastoral communities, and the impact of external values. North America: Ohio U Press

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Introduction - poverty past and present: poverty and the pastoralist - deconstructing myths, reconstructing realities, Vigdis Broch-Due and David M. Anderson
  • pastoral poverty in historical perspective, Richard D. Wallet
  • remembered cattle, forgotten people - the morality of exchange and the exclusion of the Turkana poor, Vigdis Broch-Due. Part 2 Metaphors and meanings: power and poverty in southern Somalia, Bernhard Helander
  • pastoralists at the border - Maasai poverty and the development discourse in Tanzania, Aud Talle
  • why hyenas chase the lion -Iraqw and Datooga discourses on fortune, failure and the future, Ole Bjorn Rekdal and Astrid Blystad. Part 3 Coins and calories: health consequences of pastoral sedentarization among Rendille of northern Kenya, Elliot Fratkin et al
  • of markets, meat and milk -pastoral commoditization in Kenya, Fred Zaal and Ton Dietz
  • mutual assistance among the Ngorongoro Maasai, Tomasz Potkanski. Part 4 Development dialogues: images and interventions - the "problems" of "pastoralist" development, Dorothy L. Hodgson
  • rehabilitation, resettlement and restocking - ideology and practice in pastoralist development, David M. Anderson.

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