essay
Trade and markets in the economy of the nomadic Fulani of Niger (Bororo)
markets in africa • (9) • Published In 1962 • Pages: 335-362
By: Dupire, Marguerite.
Abstract
The nomadic people studied herein have a mostly closed pastoral economy, with only a few items produced to trade for outside goods. Cattle, the main source of capital, are primarily property of the lineage, and are exchanged at birth and marriage, both within and between lineages. Women sell milk to buy millet and men sell cattle to pay taxes.
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2020
- Field Date
- 1951
- Coverage Date
- 1951
- Coverage Place
- Tahoua and Zinder regions, Niger
- Notes
- By Marguerite Dupire
- LCCN
- 61012383
- LCSH
- Fula (African people)