Water Brings No Harm: Management Knowledge and the Struggle for the Waters of Kilimanjaro

by Matthew V. Bender

In Water Brings No Harm, Matthew V. Bender explores the history of community water management on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Kilimanjaro's Chagga-speaking peoples have long managed water by employing diverse knowledge: hydrological, technological, social, cultural, and political. Since the 1850s, they have encountered groups from beyond the mountain--colonial officials, missionaries, settlers, the independent Tanzanian state, development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821423592
• ISBN13: 9780821423592
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"