Pastoralists Under Pressure?: Fulbe Societies Confronting Change in West Africa (Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia) [Hardcover]

Victor Azarya (Editor), Anneke Breedveld (Editor), Mirjam De Bruijn (Editor), Han Van Dijk (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia | Publication Date: May 1, 1999

This volume collates articles concerned with the Fulbe (Fulani, Peul), the largest and most widespread group of pastoralists in West Africa. The collection deals with a wide variety of subjects, ranging from ethnicity and identity, ecology and politics, and social transformation and takes in settings across the African continent - from urban Nigeria, dryland West and Central Mali, Cameroon to the Central Sudan, Northern Benin and the Senegal valley. The volume shows that the Fulbe are an example for the comparative study of social change, and ecological and cultural adaptation by discussing contemporary changes in Fulbe society and the amazing variety of settings in which they are able to survive.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 454 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004113649
• ISBN-13: 978-9004113640
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,391,783 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)