Land, Investment, and Migration
Thirty-five Years of Village Life in Mali
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 20 January 2020
- ISBN 9780198852766
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 232x161x24 mm
- Weight 638 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book describes village life in the drylands of central Mali, West Africa, and how it has changed over 35 years. It explores how climate change, population growth, new technologies, and land-grabs can affect the livelihoods of village society.
MoreLong description:
How do people survive and thrive in the uncertain and risk-prone Sahel? Land, Investment, and Migration seeks to answer this question through a long-term study of the people of Dlonguébougou in Central Mali. It uses a combination of infographics, satellite images, interviews, and survey data to present the strategies and fortunes of individuals and their families in this region over 35 years.
In the early 1980s Camilla Toulmin spent two years in Dlonguébougou. She has since revisited to explore how climate change, population growth, new technologies, and land-grabs have been affecting the livelihoods and prospects of local people since. Land, Investment, and Migration: Thirty-five Years of Village Life in Mali brings together her findings. A trebling in population, unpredictable rainfall, and the arrival of Chinese investment have forced people into new ways of making ends meet and building up wealth - some doing much better than others. This book presents the search for new cash incomes, the shift of people from village to town, and the erosion of collective solidarity at household and village levels.
Land, Investment, and Migration presents a mixed picture of a changing society. It shows the vibrancy of the village economy, rapid uptake of mobile phones and solar panels, and increased migration. It also shows the persistence of large family structures which offer some protection from the risks that many villagers face.
This book will be enlightening for all researchers, development practitioners and government decision-makers concerned with rural development in the Sahel, not only in Mali. It is a highly accessible book, as it explains discipline-specific vocabulary clearly. It is a comprehensive and detailed study in which a small village gives a vivid identity to rural people in the Sahel.
Table of Contents:
Introduction to Dlonguébougou
History of Dlonguébougou and the wider region
The farming landscape: Soils, rainfall, and crops
From Abundance to Land Scarcity
People and Domestic Organisation
Investment and prosperity
Leaving the village on migration
Facing an uncertain future
