Pastoralism in Africa: past, present and future

Abstract

Chapter 1. Specialisation and Diversification among African Pastoral Societies Michael Bollig and Michael Schnegg PART A: THE PREHISTORY OF PASTORALISM IN AFRICA Chapter 2. Herders Before Pastoralism - Prehistoric Prelude in the Eastern Sahara Rudolph Kuper and Heiko Riemer Chapter 3. 'I hope Your Cattle Are Well' - Archaeological Evidence for Early Cattle-Centred Behaviour in the Eastern Sahara of Sudan and Chad Friederike Jesse, Birgit Keding, Tilman Lenssen-Erz and Nadja Poellath Chapter 4. Trajectories to Pastoralism in Northern and Central Kenya: an Overview of the Archaeological and Environmental Evidence Paul Lane Chapter 5. From first Stock Keepers to Specialised Pastoralists in the West African Savanna Veerle Linseele Chapter 6. A Short History of Early Herding in Southern Africa Karim Sadr PART B: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY DYNAMICS OF PASTORALISM Chapter 7. Establishing a Pre-Colonial 'Modern' Cattle and Gun Society: (Re-)pastoralisation, Mercantile Capitalism and Power Amongst Herero in Nineteenth Century Central Namibia Dag Henrichsen Chapter 8. The Emergence of Commercial ranching Under State Control and the Encapsulation of Pastoralism in African Reserves Christo Botha Chapter 9. Land, Boreholes and Fences: the Development of Commercial Livestock Farming in the Outjo District, Namibia Ute Dieckmann Chapter 10. The Political Ecology of Specialisation and Diversification: Long-term Dynamics of Pastoralism in East Pokot District, Kenya Michael Bollig and Matthias OEsterle Chapter 11. Social-Ecological Change and Institutional Development in a Pastoral Community in North-Western Namibia. Michael Bollig Chapter 12. Pastoral Belonging: Causes and Consequences of Part-Time Pastoralism in North-Western Namibia Michael Schnegg, Julia Pauli and Clemens Greiner PART C: VIOLENCE, TRADE AND CONSERVATION AND PASTORALISM IN AFRICA Chapter 13. State, Conflict and Pastoralism in Contemporary Eastern Chad: The Case of Zaghawa-Tama Relationships Babett Janszky and Grit Jungstand Chapter 14. Unofficial Trade When States are Weak: The Case of Cross-Border LivestockTrade in the Horn of Africa Peter D. Little Chapter 15. Pastoralism and Trans-Saharan Trade: Transformation of a Historical Trade Route between Eastern Chad and Libya Meike Meerpohl Chapter 16. Pastoralism and Nature Conservation in Southern Africa Susanne Berzborn and Martin Solich PART D: PASTORAL MODERNITIES IN AFRICA Chapter 17. The Indigenization of Pastoral Modernity: Territoriality, Mobility, and Poverty in Dryland Africa John G. Galaty