The Cruel Hoax of Development
Basil Davidson, 6 March 1997
Fighting for the Rainforest: War, Youth and Resources in Sierra Leone
by Paul Richards.
James Currey/Heinemann, 182 pp., £35, November 1996,0 85255 397 8 Show More
by Paul Richards.
James Currey/Heinemann, 182 pp., £35, November 1996,
A Claim to Land by the River: A Household in Senegal 1720-1994
by Adrian Adams and Jaabe So.
Oxford, 300 pp., £50, October 1996,0 19 820191 5 Show More
by Adrian Adams and Jaabe So.
Oxford, 300 pp., £50, October 1996,
“... longer than we would like. This points to the lesson to be learnt from the very unusual book by Jaabe So and Adrian Adams, not by any means an easy work to digest but powerful in its conclusions. Jaabe. So is the veteran leader of well-settled farming families and communities living along the south bank of the great river ... ”
