Dilemmas of development: conflicts of interest and their resolutions in modernizing Africa Abbink, G.J.; Dokkum, A. van Citation Abbink, G. J., & Dokkum, A. van. (2008). Dilemmas of development: conflicts of interest and their resolutions in modernizing Africa. Leiden: African Studies Centre. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/13060 Version: Not Applicable (or Unknown) License: Leiden University Non-exclusive license Downloaded from: https://hdl.handle.net/1887/13060 Note: To cite this publication please use the final published version (if applicable). Dilemmas of development African Studies Centre African Studies Collection, vol. 12 Dilemmas of development Conflicts of interest and their resolutions in modernizing Africa Jon Abbink & André van Dokkum (editors) Published by: African Studies Centre P.O. Box 9555 2300 RB Leiden
[email protected] www.ascleiden.nl Cover photo: Tuareg in the Aïr Mountains, Niger, using an irrigation device (Photo by Swiatek Wojtkowiak) Printed by PrintPartners Ipskamp BV, Enschede ISSN 1876-018X ISBN 978-90-5448-081-5 © African Studies Centre, 2008 Contents Boxes, figures, tables vii Acknowledgements viii 1 INTRODUCTION 1 Jon Abbink & André van Dokkum PART I: THE STRUGGLE FOR THE EXTRACTION AND MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 2 CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH-EASTERN SENEGAL 19 Hans P.M. van den Breemer 3 LAND AND EMBEDDED RIGHTS: AN ANALYSIS OF LAND CONFLICTS IN LUOLAND, WESTERN KENYA 39 Paul Hebinck & Nelson Mango 4 “FRIVOLOUS SQUANDERING”: CONSUMPTION AND REDISTRIBUTION IN MINING CAMPS 60 Katja Werthmann PART II: STRUGGLE AS POLITICS WITHIN LOCAL AND NATIONAL COMMUNITIES 5 THE CONSTRUCTION AND DE-COMPOSITION OF “VIOLENCE” AND PEACE: THE ANYUAA EXPERIENCE, WESTERN ETHIOPIA 79 Bayleyegn Tasew 6 MAINTAINING AN ELITE POSITION: HOW FRANCO-MAURITIANS SUSTAIN THEIR LEADING ROLE IN POST-COLONIAL MAURITIUS 93 Tijo Salverda v 7 “THESE DREAD-LOCKED GANGSTERS”.