Ethnic identity and development
Subtitle: khat and social change in Africa
By: Susan Beckerleg
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780230623101
Description: This book presents data on Ugandan khat within the context of international debates on the drug, and the proposed ban in 2009. By telling of the story of khat, the book will serve as a vehicle for the analysis of social change, development priorities and shifting ethnic identities in Uganda over the last 80 years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Somali identity and khat; title: Yemeni migrants : traversing forest, mountain and desert; title: Khat production spreads; title: Altitude and attitude; title: Wholesale risks; title: Style and substance; title: Khat consumption and changing ethnic identities; title: "Idle and disorderly"; title: Khat and development.