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Senegal: A state of change
Sharp, Robin
Sharp, Robin
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1994-01-01
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64
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Chapters 1 - 9
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Chapters 10 - 13
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Chapters 14 - 21
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Time has never stood still in Senegal, at the crossroads of African, Islamic, and European cultures. Today the whole country is in a state of change. Nearly half its people now live in towns - where free-market economic reforms have thrown many out of work. Young people are emigrating; traditional family patterns are starting to break down. Commercial farming and fishing are changing long-established ways of life. The economy has been hit by a 50 per cent devaluation of the currency. Nationalist groups want independence from the government in Dakar.
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1 The land of the setting sun; 2 Travellers from an antique land; 3 From slavery to independence; 4 Nationhood: a false start; 5 Coping with crisis ... senegalaisement; 6 Magicians, missionaries, and marabouts; 7 The economy in a nutshell; 8 When aid is not the answer; 9 By the people, for the people; 10 Cash-cropping: a vicious circle; 11 Rice at a price; 12 'Our wealth is our animals'; 13 The harvest of the sea; 14 Village roots and city lights; 15 Night-time in the shanty-town; 16 The family first; 17 Schools without books, clinics without medicines; 18 Rumblings of discontent; 19 The wheels grind slower; 20 Relax for mbalax; 21 Sopi! Sopi! Sopi!; Notes
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Oxfam Country Profiles
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978-0-85598-283-6