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This article examines how violent interaction between ethnic and social groups in Ethiopia has shaped the contours of contemporary society. It focuses on the so-called Red Terror period of the late 1970s, which marks a decisive stage in the transformation of violence and...

This monograph reports on the seasonal fluctuations in food and nutrition that occur in Coast Province, Kenya, on the basis of data gathered during five survey rounds held in selected locations in Kwale and Kilifi districts between mid 1985 and late 1986. The study population...

Throughout this century, women in farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa have been subject to mounting labour demands. This note argues that the nature of their work, a vertical production process including raw material extraction, value-added production and distribution to...

Ce document est le rapport de synthèse de la Conférence régionale sur la problématique foncière et la décentralisation au Sahel. Tenue à Praia, capitale de la République du Cap-Vert, du 20 au 24 juin 1994, et organisée par le Comité inter-États de lutte contre la sécheresse...

In Africa, agriculture still dominates, but its relative share has been declining since the 1970s, without any prior increase in agricultural productivity or in urban employment. A process of 'de-agrarianization' can be observed in the rural areas involving 1)...