Cattle, Women, and Wells: Managing Household Survival in the Sahel

by Camilla Toulmin

How people adapt and survive in the harsh environment of the drought-prone Sahelian region to the south of the Saharan desert forms the subject of this book.
The author concentrates on the choices facing farmers in a small village in central Mali, West Africa. These farmers have had continually to adapt their farming methods in order to survive. The study shows how such changes have taken place and why some families are more successful than others...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198853041
• ISBN13: 9780198853046
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"