Book
Rainforest relations: gender and resource use among the Mende of Gola, Sierra Leone
Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, London • Edinburgh • Published In 1994 • Pages: xix, 272
By: Leach, Melissa.
Abstract
This book discusses how Mende communities living around the Gola state forest reserves of eastern Sierra Leone view and use forest resources. The focus is on gender relations in the context of farming, gardening, lumbering, hunting, collecting and fishing in the forest area. It shows that ecological changes in the rainforest cannot be understood without concern for differences in women's and men's experiences in resource use.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
- Field Date
- 1987-1988; 1990-1991
- Coverage Date
- 1920-1994
- Coverage Place
- Sierra Leone
- Notes
- Melissa Leach
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [248]-260) and index
- LCCN
- 94067342
- LCSH
- Mende (African people)--Social conditions/ Mende (African people)--Economic conditions/ Women, Mende--Social conditions/ Rain forest conservation--Sierra Leone/ Forest reserves--Sierra Leone/ Rain forest ecology--Sierra Leone/ Sex role--Sierra Leone/ Women in rural development--Sierra Leone/ Sierra Leone--Social conditions