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Environment and Identity Politics in Colonial Africa: Fulani Migrations and Land Conflict book cover

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Environment and Identity Politics in Colonial Africa Fulani Migrations and Land Conflict

By Emmanuel Mbah Copyright 2017
186 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Economic, political, and ethnic favoritism are common themes in the historiography of colonial Africa. Land ownership and control, and the abilities of the respective landscapes to sustain Africa’s growing population amidst the throes of climate change, have created recurrent identity crises throughout Africa. The book’s chapters elevate the discussion on recurrent environmental issues, the... Read more

1. Introduction: The Environment in Colonial Africa

2. British Cameroon Grasslands of Bamenda: Geography and History

3. Heterogeneous Societies and Ethnic Identity: Fulani and Cattle Migrations

4. Resource Conflicts: Farmers, Pastoralists, Cattle Taxes and Disputes over Grazing and Land

5. Towards a Resolution: The Land Settlement Question

6. Transforming British Bamenda: Cattle Wealth and Development

7. Semi-Autonomy for Pastoralists: Native Authority and Court for the Fulani

8. Modernizing the Minds: Introduction Western Education to the Pastoral Fulani

9. Managing Development: Grazing Innovations

10. Continuity and Change: The Limits of Colonial Modernization

Biography

Emmanuel M. Mbah is an Associate Professor of History and Director of Africa and African Diaspora Studies at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island, USA.

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