A Claim to Land by the River
A Household in Senegal, 1720-1994
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 24 October 1996
- ISBN 9780198201915
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages316 pages
- Size 226x144x23 mm
- Weight 543 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 4 maps 0
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Short description:
Twenty years ago, Jaabe So founded an independent farmers' association among the Soninke towns in Senegal. Since then, much of Adrian Adams's and So's lives have been spent in struggling to defend the existence of that association against a state development corporation funded by development aid. This is a narrative of that struggle and of three centuries of Senegalese history. This extraordinary book, much of which was written first in an African language, will be invaluable reference for those who believe that Africans may yet redeem a future free from the false promises of development by drawing on an inherited past.
MoreLong description:
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.
very unusual book ... powerful in its conclusions
