1st Edition

Rebuilding the Local Landscape Environmental Management in Burkina Faso

By Chris Howorth Copyright 1999
178 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1999, this volume emerged in the context of a recent willingness to understand what Africa’s peasant farmers are designing and building in their local landscapes, in contrast to the meta-narratives which were relatively distant from the lives and livelihoods of Africans. Based on author Chris Howorth’s fieldwork as a UNAIS technical assistant, this book combines academic rigour... Read more

1. The Resilience of the Peasantry in Burkina Faso (or les paysannes sont fortes). 2. The Province of Sissili. 3. Culturally Locating Production Patterns. 4. Lon. 5. Boutiourou. 6. Saboué. 7. Conclusion: African Realities and Western Dreams.

Biography

Chris Howorth