Lands of the Future: Anthropological Perspectives on Pastoralism, Land Deals and Tropes of Modernity in Eastern Africa

Contents\nIllustrations\nAcknowledgements\nAbbreviations\nIntroduction. Futuremaking with Pastoralists\nPart I Setting the Context Modernity and Citizenship in Pastoral Areas\nChapter 1 Modern Mobility in East Africa Pastoral Responses to Rangeland Fragmentation, Enclosure and Settlement\nChapter 2 Unequal Citizenship and One-Sided Communication Anthropological Perspectives on Collective Identification in the Context of Large-Scale Land Transfers in Ethiopia\nChapter 3 Global Trade, Local Realities. Why African States Undervalue Pastoralism\nPart II Contested Identities and Territories A History of Expropriation\nChapter 4 Modes of Dispossession of Indigenous Lands and Territories in Africa\nChapter 5 Land and the State in Ethiopia\nChapter 6 Persistent Expropriation of Pastoral Lands The Afar Case\nPart III Power, Politics and Reactions to State-Building\nChapter 7 Anatomy of a White Elephant Investment Failure and Land Confl icts on Ethiopia’s Oromia–Somali Frontier\nC hapter 8 From Cattle Herding to Charcoal Burning Land Expropriation, State Consolidation and Livelihood Changes in Abaya Valley, Southern Ethiopia\nChapter 9 Villagization in Ethiopia’s Lowlands Development vs. Facilitating Control and Dispossession\nPart IV Underdeveloping South Omo\nChapter 10 ‘Breaking Every Rule in the Book’ Th e Story of River Basin Development in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley\nChapter 11 State-Building in the Ethiopian South-Western Lowlands Experiencing the Brunt of State Power in Mela\nChapter 12 Customary Land Use and Local Consent Practices in Mun (Mursi) A New Call for Meaningful FPIC Standards in Southern Ethiopia\nChapter 13 Ethiopia’s ‘Blue Oil’? Hydropower, Irrigation and Development in the Omo-Turkana Basin\nConclusion Pastoralists for Future\nGlossary\nIndex