Nomads and the State in Africa

The Political Roots of Marginality

• Author(s): Victor Azarya,
• Publisher: Avebury
• Pages: 102
• ISBN_10: 1859725767
  ISBN_13: 9781859725764
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Civics & Citizenship , Political Science / World / African , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Indigenous Studies ,

Description:... This study of the nomadic peoples of Africa principally draws a distinction between state forming nomadic pastoralists, and those who lived in more decentralised structures who were more likely to become marginalized in the imposed colonial systems. In raising this issue the book also makes clear the distinction between nomadism and pastoralism and emphasises the dramatic differences and changes in ethno-cultural identity of individual groups.