Environment and Identity Politics in Colonial Africa

Name: Environment and Identity Politics in Colonial Africa
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Environment and Identity Politics in Colonial AfricaFulani Migrations and Land Conflict\nAuthor(s): Emmanuel Mbah\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138239555, 978-1138239555\nSynopsis\nEconomic, political, and ethnic favoritism are common themes in the historiography of colonial Africa. Land ownership and control, and the abilities of the respective landscapes to sustain Africas growing population amidst the throes of climate change, have created recurrent identity crises throughout Africa.\n\nThe books chapters elevate the discussion on recurrent environmental issues, the problems of contested ownership of land, autochthonism as well as the interaction and blending of different cultures in a restricted geographical space. The study highlights a neglected aspect of the history of Fulani migrations in West Africa - the colonial extension of the Fulani into the Southern Cameroons (the Fulani as a group did not existy