Author : Della E. McMillan
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 081655014X
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)
Book Synopsis Sahel Visions by : Della E. McMillan
Download or read book Sahel Visions written by Della E. McMillan and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an international health initiative succeeded in wiping out river blindness in Burkina Faso, it allowed the settlement of the sparsely populated Volta Valley by the Mossi people--a development plan by which the Burkinabe government sought to relieve population pressure, establish communities, and increase cotton production. Anthropologist Della McMillan followed this visionary plan over twelve years as people relocated communities, founded farms, dealt with officials, entered the market, and in some instances moved on. Her study examines the question of how development occurs or fails to occur and offers unusual insight into how visions of progress--held by developers, settlers, and even researchers--originate and are revised.