A claim to land by the river
Subtitle: a household in Senegal, 1720-1994
By: Adrian Adams and Jaabe So.
Contributors: So, Jaabe.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Ethnology -- Senegal; Soninke (African people) -- History; Soninke (African people) -- Agriculture; Agriculture -- Social aspects -- Senegal; Agricultural development projects -- Senegal; Gajaaga (Kingdom) -- History; Senegal -- Social conditions; Senegal -- Social life and customs
Description: In the early part of the eighteenth century, Jaabe So's ancestors founded a town on the left bank of the Senegal river. Twenty years ago, Jaabe So set up an independent farmers' association based among a group of towns along that river. Since then, he and Adrian Adams have spent much of their lives struggling to defend the existence of that association against a state development corporation lavishly funded by development aid.

This is a narrative of that struggle, placed in the context of three centuries of Senegalese history. This extraordinary book will be an invaluable reference for those who believe that Africans may yet redeem a future free from the false promises of development, by drawing upon an inherited past.
Notes: Includes index.