| From Slavery to Aid: Politics, Labour, and Ecology in the Nigerien Sahel, 1800-2000 Contributor(s): Rossi, Benedetta (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107545110 ISBN-13: 9781107545113 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - West - Social Science | Slavery - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 330.966 |
| Series: African Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.30 lbs) 403 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - West Africa - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Slavery to Aid engages two major themes in African historiography, the slow death of slavery and the evolution of international development, and reveals their interrelation in the social history of the region of Ader in the Nigerien Sahel. Benedetta Rossi traces the historical transformations that turned a society where slavery was a fundamental institution into one governed by the goals and methods of 'aid'. Over an impressive sweep of time - from the pre-colonial power of the Caliphate of Sokoto to the aid-driven governments of the present - this study explores the problem that has remained the central conundrum throughout Ader's history: how workers could meet subsistence needs and employers fulfil recruitment requirements in an area where natural resources are constantly exposed to the climatic hazards characteristic of the edge of the Sahara. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rossi, Benedetta: - Benedetta Rossi is Lecturer in African Studies at the School of History and Cultures, University of Birmingham. She is editor of Reconfiguring Slavery: West African Trajectories (2009) and Being and Becoming Hausa: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (with Anne Haour, 2010), and author of many articles focusing on slavery and emancipation in Africa and on international aid to Niger. |