The Poor Are Not Us: Poverty and Pastoralism in Eastern Africa

by David M. Anderson

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Eastern African pastoralists often present themselves as being egalitarian, equating cattle ownership with wealth. By this definition "the poor are not us", poverty is confined to non-pastoralist, socially excluded persons and groups.

Exploring this notion means discovering something about self-perceptions and community consciousness, how pastoralist identity has been made in opposition to other modes of production, how pastoralists want...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0821413139

ISBN13:9780821413135

Release Date:March 2000

Publisher:Ohio University Press

Length:356 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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