Claim to Land by the River A Household in Senegal 1720-1994

Name: Claim to Land by the River A Household in Senegal 1720-1994
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ISBN: 9780198201915

ISBN-10: 0198201915

ISBN-13: 9780198201915

Edition: 1996

Authors: Adrian Adams, Jaabe So, Oxford Staff

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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…

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List price: $79.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/5/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 314
Size: 5.67" wide x 8.90" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Prologue



Rock



By the River (c. 1720-1933)



Inland (c. 1720-1938)



Abroad and Home (1937-1968)



Paper



Paris (1968-1973)



Hope Traduced (1973-1975)



Behind the Lines (1975-1978)



Epitaphs (1978-1981)



A New Beginning? (1981-1984)



Scissors



Mock Reforms (1984-1986)



What Private Sector? (1986-1989)



Real Cuts (1989-1991)



The End (1991-1994)


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