Shaping the African savannah
From capitalist frontier to Arid Eden in Namibia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6027344 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P G M Hebinck (0000-0003-2349-8545, WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY, THE NETHERLANDS, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 120 |
| Issue | 481 |
| Pages | 675-677 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9909 • E-ISSN: 1468-2621 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/afraf/adab027 |
| OpenAlex | W3208459514 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Longitudinal studies have become popular among academics, certainly among anthropologists and historians. Shaping the African Savannah and Land, Investment and Migration fit extremely well in the tradition and respond to the challenge to literally spend time and effort in the dust of African drylands to monitor and inquire about what makes the clock tick and why and what short- and long-term changes played a role in the changes in the fortunes of regions and people. Land, Investment and Migration is extremely well written with an eye for detail of the complexities of village life in a West African setting. Camilla Toulmin started fieldwork in the village in Central Mail in 1980 where she lived for two years. She paid regular revisits during the last 20 years to collect more data together with her previous research assistant. This gives the data the much-needed continuity and richness one is looking for. She...
African studies · Archaeology · Arid · Frontier · Geography · Investment (military) · Pastoralism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Ecology · Forestry · Gender Studies · German Colonialism and Identity Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Land Rights and Reforms · Law
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |