Land, labour and entrustment : : West African female farmers and the politics of difference / / by Pamela J. Kea.

• Superior document: African social studies series ; v. 21
• Author: Kea, Pamela.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: African social studies series ; v. 21.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Diverse contractual arrangements and forms of exchange established between smallholder farmers, their households and community work groups, are important to our understanding of processes of agrarian transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, little has been written in this area. Challenging portrayals of West African female farmers as a homogenous group, the present study provides an ethnographic account of the contractual relations established between female hosts and migrants, in the exchange of land and labour for agrarian production in a Gambian community. Further, it demonstrates the way in which, despite the liberalization of the economy, local cultural practices, such as that of entrustment, continue to be of significance in affecting the nature and particular character of agrarian transformation and postcolonial capitalist development.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / P. Kea -- Chapter One. Introduction / P. Kea -- Chapter Two. Processes Of Agrarian Transformation: Strange Farmers, Groundnuts And The Search For New Modes Of Accumulation / P. Kea -- Chapter Three. Narratives Of The Founding Of Brikama: Hosts And The Affirmation Of Social Identities / P. Kea -- Chapter Four. The Practice Of Daily Life: Greetings And The Social Relations Of Agrarian Production / P. Kea -- Chapter Five. Hosts And The Acquisition Of Land / P. Kea -- Chapter Six. Female Agrarian Clientelist Relations And Entrustment / P. Kea -- Chapter Seven. The Changing Relations Of Agrarian Production And The Politics Of Difference / P. Kea -- Chapter Eight. Conclusions / P. Kea -- Appendix A / P. Kea -- Appendix B / P. Kea -- Bibliography / P. Kea -- Index / P. Kea.