Book
Cattle, women, and wells: managing household survival in the Sahel
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press • Oxford [England] • Published In 1992 • Pages:
By: Toulmin, Camilla.
Abstract
This book discusses the economic and social life of Bambara farmers in a Sahelian village called Kala, in central Mali. The focus is on the effect of differential management practices relating to millet farming, animal husbandry and ownership of water wells on household economic status. The book provides detailed economic analysis of these linkages using qualitative and quantitative data on long-term benefits households obtain from investment of surplus in different farm assets including well-digging, capital (ploughs, oxen and breeding cattle) and labor (in the form of acquiring women, who would both work and reproduce households, through marriage).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2006
- Field Date
- 1980-1982, 1988
- Coverage Date
- 1670-1988
- Coverage Place
- Mali
- Notes
- Camilla Toulmin
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-288) and index
- LCCN
- 92000926
- LCSH
- Bambara (African people)