Environment and identity politics in colonial Africa : Fulani migrations and land conflict / / Emmanuel M. Mbah

• Autore: Mbah Emmanuel M.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 pages) : maps
• Disciplina: 967.1100496322
• Soggetto topico: Fula (African people) - Cameroon - Bamenda Highlands; Fula (African people) - Land tenure; Land settlement patterns - Cameroon - Bamenda Highlands; Cattle - Environmental aspects - Cameroon - Bamenda Highlands; Grazing - Environmental aspects - Cameroon - Bamenda Highlands
• Soggetto geografico: Cameroon Ethnic relations; Great Britain Colonies Africa Administration
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: The environment in colonial Africa -- British Cameroon grasslands of Bamenda : geography and history -- Heterogeneous societies and ethnic identity : Fulani and cattle migrations -- Resource conflicts : farmers, pastoralists, cattle taxes and disputes over grazing and land -- Towards a resolution : the land settlement question -- Transforming British Bamenda : cattle wealth and development -- Semi-autonomy for pastoralists : native authority and court for the Fulani -- Modernizing the minds : introduction Western education to the pastoral Fulani -- Managing development : grazing innovations -- Continuity and change : the limits of colonial modernization.
• Titolo autorizzato: Environment and identity politics in colonial Africa
• ISBN: 1-315-29417-6; 1-315-29416-8; 1-315-29415-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910155121403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Global Africa ; ; 2.