You are warmly invited the launch of Land, Investment and Migration: Thirty Five Years of Village Life in Mali!
There will be a book signing after the talk. Wine will be served.
How do people survive and thrive in the uncertain and risk-prone Sahel? Land, Investment, and Migration seeks to answer this question through a long-term study of the people of Dlonguebougou in Central Mali. It uses a combination of infographics, satellite images, interviews, and survey data to present the strategies and fortunes of individuals and their families in this region over 35 years.
In the early 1980s Camilla Toulmin spent two years in Dlonguebougou. She has since revisited to explore how climate change, population growth, new technologies, and land-grabs have been affecting the livelihoods and prospects of local people since. Land, Investment, and Migration: Thirty-five Years of Village Life in Mali brings together her findings. A trebling in population, unpredictable rainfall, and the arrival of Chinese investment have forced people into new ways of making ends meet and building up wealth – some doing much better than others. This book presents the search for new cash incomes, the shift of people from village to town, and the erosion of collective solidarity at household and village levels.
Features
- A longitudinal study of a single village and wider region which follows people and their families over 35 years
- Explores the multiple forces and pressures at work in the Sahel, a region on the front-line of climate change, conflict, migration, and land grabs
- Demonstrates the vigour and innovation found at village level in a poor region of West Africa
- Offers a positive story of growth and change in the face of risks and uncertainty
Where? Golden Hare Books
How? Please RSVP to julie@goldenharebooks.com