This volume shows that the Fulbe are a fascinating 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.
Fulbe Societies Confronting Change in West Africa
Hardback
Publication Date: 08/06/1999
This book brings together the work of a number of leading specialists of 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 us to such diverse settings across the African continent as urban Nigeria, dryland West and Central Mali, the Aadamaawa plateau in Cameroon, the Guinean highlands, the Ivorian savannah, the Central Sudan, Northern Benin and the Senegal valley.
This volume shows that the Fulbe are a fascinating 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.
This volume shows that the Fulbe are a fascinating 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.
- ISBN:
- 9789004113640
- 9789004113640
- Category:
- Sociology & anthropology
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 08-06-1999
- Language:
- English, French
- Publisher:
- Brill
- Country of origin:
- Netherlands
- Pages:
- 456
- Dimensions (mm):
- 240x160x33mm
- Weight:
- 0.98kg
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