Pastoralism in Africa : : Past, Present and Future / / ed. by Michael Bollig, Michael Schnegg, Hans-Peter Wotzka.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Berzborn, Susanne,; Bollig, Michael,; Botha, Christo,; Dieckmann, Ute,; Galaty, John G.,; Greiner, Clemens,; Henrichsen, Dag,; Jesse, Friederike,; Jungstand, Grit,; Jánszky, Babett,; Keding, Birgit,; Kuper, Rudolph,; Lane, Paul,; Lenssen-Erz, Tilman,; Linseele, Veerle,; Little, Peter D.,; Meerpohl, Meike,; Pauli, Julia,; Pöllath, Nadja,; Riemer, Heiko,; Sadr, Karim,; Schnegg, Michael,; Solich, Martin,; Österle, Matthias Ö,
• HerausgeberIn: Bollig, Michael,; Schnegg, Michael,; Wotzka, Hans-Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (544 p.)

Pastoralism has shaped livelihoods and landscapes on the African continent for millennia. Mobile livestock husbandry has generally been portrayed as an economic strategy that successfully met the challenges of low biomass productivity and environmental variability in arid and semi-arid environments. This volume focuses on the emergence, diversity, and inherent dynamics of pastoralism in Africa based on research during a twelve-year period on the southwest and northeast regions. Unraveling the complex prehistory, history, and contemporary political ecology of African pastoralism, results in insight into the ingenuity and flexibility of historical and contemporary herders.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Specialisation and Diversification among African Pastoral Societies -- Part I: The Prehistory of Pastoralism in Africa -- 1 Herders before Pastoralism: Prehistoric Prelude in the Eastern Sahara -- 2 ‘I Hope Your Cattle Are Well’: Archaeological Evidence for Early Cattle-centred Behaviour in the Eastern Sahara of Sudan and Chad -- 3 Trajectories of Pastoralism in Northern and Central Kenya: An Overview of the Archaeological and Environmental Evidence -- 4 From the First Stock Keepers to Specialised Pastoralists in the West African Savannah -- 5 A Short History of Early Herding in Southern Africa -- Part II: Historical and Contemporary Dynamics of Pastoralism -- 6 Establishing a Precolonial ‘Modern’ Cattle-and-Gun Society: (Re-)Pastoralisation, Mercantile Capitalism and Power amongst Herero in Nineteenth-century Central Namibia -- 7 The Emergence of Commercial Ranching under State Control and the Encapsulation of Pastoralism in African Reserves -- 8 Land, Boreholes and Fences: The Development of Commercial Livestock Farming in the Outjo District, Namibia -- 9 The Political Ecology of Specialisation and Diversification: Long-term Dynamics of Pastoralism in East Pokot District, Kenya -- 10 Social-ecological Change and Institutional Development in a Pastoral Community in North-western Namibia -- 11 Pastoral Belonging: Causes and Consequences of Part-time Pastoralism in North-western Namibia -- Part III: Violence, Trade, Conservation and Pastoralism in Africa -- 12 Pastoralism, Conflict and the State in Contemporary Eastern Chad: The Case of Zaghawa–Tama Relationships -- 13 Unofficial Trade When States Are Weak: The Case of Cross-border Livestock Trade in the Horn of Africa -- 14 Pastoralism and Trans-Saharan Trade: The Transformation of a Historical Trade Route between Eastern Chad and Libya -- 15 Pastoralism and Nature Conservation in Southern Africa -- Part IV: Pastoral Modernities in Africa -- 16 The Indigenisation of Pastoral Modernity: Territoriality, Mobility and Poverty in Dryland Africa -- Notes on Contributors -- Index