Life Before the Drought

Little attention had been paid to the realities of life in the Savanna-Sahel of West Africa before the drought of 1968-74, but this book, originally published in 1984 provides a set of authoritative accounts of the way in which the inhabitants cope with what outsiders perceive as a harsh environment.

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1. Introduction: Life and Poverty in the Savanna-Sahel Zones Earl P. Scott 2. Power, Prosperity and Social Inequality in Songhay (1464-1591) Lansin*é Kaba 3. Life Before the Drought: A Human Ecological Perspective Earl P. Scott 4. Nomads, Farmers and Merchants: Old Strategies In a Changing Sudan Andrew W. Shepherd 5. Differential Development in Machakos District, Kenya Marilyn Silberfein 6. The Demise of the Moral Economy: Food and Famine in a Sudano-Sahelian Region in Historical Perspective Michael J. Watts 7. Changing Land-Use Patterns in the Fadamas of Northern Nigeria Beryl Turner 8. The Fulani in a Development Context: The Relevance of Cultural Traditions for Coping with Change and Crisis Paul Riesman*