Gender and Land Use
Gender and Land Use

Author: Mirjam de Bruijn

Publisher: Purdue University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 208

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Comprises 11 essays which analyse the interlinkages between gender, land use and environmental management, in order to see what lessons can be learnt with regard to trends and diversity in these interlinkages. Most of the articles are case studies.

Living with Uncertainty
Living with Uncertainty

Author: Ian Scoones

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 236

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This book examines the management of policy implications for pastoral development in dryland areas. The contributors examine the consequences of living with uncertainty for pastoral development planning, range and fodder management, drought responses, livestock marketing, resource tenure, institutional development and pastoral administration.

Drawn from African Dwellings
Drawn from African Dwellings

Author: Jean-Paul Bourdier

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 334

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This exquisitely illustrated study takes us into the traditionally built dwellings of African society. This life-in-architecture material culture reveals the socioeconomic and cosmological organization and the world views of these societies. Bourdier and Trinh connect structural patterns - setting, design, decoration, orientation - to factors such as kinship, gender, history, religion, poetry, and oral traditions. The authors focus on a variety of African peoples, including the Fulbe, Tokolor, Sereer, Joola, Soninke, Mandingo, Jaxanke, and Bassari. Through photographs, beautifully detailed drawings, and theoretical reflections, Bourdier and Trinh challenge the common perception that traditional dwellings are static artifacts.

UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. I, Abridged Edition
UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. I, Abridged Edition

Author: Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780520066960

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"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description