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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Berghahn, 2013Description: 1 online resource (544 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780857459091 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pastoralism in Africa : past, present and future.DDC classification:
  • 636.084/5096 23
LOC classification:
  • GN645 .P185 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Specialisation and diversification among African pastoral societies / Michael Bollig and Michael Schnegg -- Herders before pastoralism : prehistoric prelude in the eastern Sahara / Rudolph Kuper and Heiko Riemer -- '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 -- Trajectories to pastoralism in northern and central Kenya : an overview of the archaeological and environmental evidence / Paul Lane -- From first stock keepers to specialised pastoralists in the West African savanna / Veerle Linseele -- A short history of early herding in Southern Africa / Karim Sadr -- Establishing a pre-colonial 'modern' cattle and gun society : (re-)pastoralisation, mercantile capitalism and power amongst Herero in nineteenth century central Namibia / Dag Henrichsen -- The emergence of commercial ranching under state control and the encapsulation of pastoralism in African reserves / Christo Botha -- Land, boreholes and fences : the development of commercial livestock farming in the Outjo district, Namibia / Ute Dieckmann -- The political ecology of specialisation and diversification : long-term dynamics of pastoralism in East Pokot District, Kenya / Michael Bollig and Matthias Österle -- Social-ecological change and institutional development in a pastoral community in north-western Namibia / Michael Bollig -- Pastoral belonging : causes and consequences of part-time pastoralism in north-western Namibia / Michael Schnegg, Julia Pauli and Clemens Greiner -- State, conflict and pastoralism in contemporary eastern Chad : the case of Zaghawa-Tama relationships / Babett Jánszky and Grit Jungstand -- Unofficial trade when states are weak : the case of cross-border livestock trade in the Horn of Africa / Peter D. Little -- Pastoralism and trans-Saharan trade : transformation of a historical trade route between eastern Chad and Libya / Meike Meerpohl -- Pastoralism and nature conservation in Southern Africa / Susanne Berzborn and Martin Solich -- The indigenization of pastoral modernity : territoriality, mobility, and poverty in dryland Africa / John G. Galaty.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Pastoralism has shaped livelihoods and landscapes on the African continent for millennia. Mobile livestock husbandry has generally been portrayed as an economic strategy that successfully met the challenges of low biomass productivity and environmental variability in arid and semi-arid environments. This volume focuses on the emergence, diversity, and inherent dynamics of pastoralism in Africa based on research during a twelve-year period on the southwest and northeast regions. Unraveling the complex prehistory, history, and contemporary political ecology of African pastoralism, results in insight into the ingenuity and flexibility of historical and contemporary herders.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Specialisation and diversification among African pastoral societies / Michael Bollig and Michael Schnegg -- Herders before pastoralism : prehistoric prelude in the eastern Sahara / Rudolph Kuper and Heiko Riemer -- '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 -- Trajectories to pastoralism in northern and central Kenya : an overview of the archaeological and environmental evidence / Paul Lane -- From first stock keepers to specialised pastoralists in the West African savanna / Veerle Linseele -- A short history of early herding in Southern Africa / Karim Sadr -- Establishing a pre-colonial 'modern' cattle and gun society : (re-)pastoralisation, mercantile capitalism and power amongst Herero in nineteenth century central Namibia / Dag Henrichsen -- The emergence of commercial ranching under state control and the encapsulation of pastoralism in African reserves / Christo Botha -- Land, boreholes and fences : the development of commercial livestock farming in the Outjo district, Namibia / Ute Dieckmann -- The political ecology of specialisation and diversification : long-term dynamics of pastoralism in East Pokot District, Kenya / Michael Bollig and Matthias Österle -- Social-ecological change and institutional development in a pastoral community in north-western Namibia / Michael Bollig -- Pastoral belonging : causes and consequences of part-time pastoralism in north-western Namibia / Michael Schnegg, Julia Pauli and Clemens Greiner -- State, conflict and pastoralism in contemporary eastern Chad : the case of Zaghawa-Tama relationships / Babett Jánszky and Grit Jungstand -- Unofficial trade when states are weak : the case of cross-border livestock trade in the Horn of Africa / Peter D. Little -- Pastoralism and trans-Saharan trade : transformation of a historical trade route between eastern Chad and Libya / Meike Meerpohl -- Pastoralism and nature conservation in Southern Africa / Susanne Berzborn and Martin Solich -- The indigenization of pastoral modernity : territoriality, mobility, and poverty in dryland Africa / John G. Galaty.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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CHOICE Review

The 16 chapters in this volume are the summary of 12 years of fieldwork, beginning in 1995, of the Arid Climate, Adaptation, and Cultural Innovation in Africa project based at the Collaborative Research Center, University of Cologne, Germany. Researchers' primary focus was upon Holocene human subsistence adaptation to aridity in Africa, which meant pastoralism was central. The focus was on how change and diversity within pastoral adaptations, and between pastoralism and other livelihood strategies, developed, and what caused these changes, both in prehistory and in modern sociopolitical situations. The first five chapters focus on the archaeological evidence for multiple trajectories for emergence of pastoralism in all of Africa. The next 11 chapters deal with the ethnographic studies, most of which are in Namibia, focusing on ranching, specialization, diversification, migration, and economic and political interactions. While the volume will be of interest primarily to African specialists, students of pastoralism also will find it instructive. End-of-chapter reference listings, a compact index, and 100 tables, maps, and photos support the papers. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. D. L. Browman Washington University

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