Book

Cattle, women, and wells: managing household survival in the Sahel

Clarendon Press ; Oxford University PressOxford [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).
Subjects
Morbidity
Domesticated animals
Pastoral activities
Tillage
Agricultural science
Cereal agriculture
Land use
Real property
Borrowing and lending
Retail marketing
Saving and investment
Occupational specialization
Labor supply and employment
Labor relations
Ownership and control of capital
Ethnosociology
culture
Bambara
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)