Land, Capital and Extractive Frontiers
Conflict and Crisis in the Senegalese River Delta
By Maura Benegiamo
Published
Apr 1, 2025Page count
152 pagesBrowse the series
Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st CenturyISBN
978-1529237825Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Apr 1, 2025Page count
152 pagesBrowse the series
Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st CenturyISBN
978-1529237832Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
Maura Benegiamo is Researcher at the Department of Political Science at the University of Pisa.
Acknowledgements
Preface by Luigi Pellizzoni
Introduction
Colonial Fractures and Margins of Resistance
Understanding Land Grabbing: Capital, Development and the Ecological Crisis
Part 1: New Frontiers, Ancient Margins
1. Farming Sunflowers in the Ndiael reserve
2. Ecology and Politics of Pastoralism in the Senegal River Delta
3. Pastoral Trajectories in the Delta
Part 2: Africa, the World's Breadbasket?
4. The Race for Land and the New Extractivisms
5. Food Security, A Market Paradigm
6. From Food Security to Global Food Security
Part 3: Development Narratives
7. Land Grabbing and Development in Post-Colonial Senegal
8. Italy Seeks Land in Senegal
9. An Emblematic Failure: The Senhuile-Senethanol project
Part 4: Conflicts in Extractive Territories
10. Implications and Impact of Agroindustry
11. We are here for the development of Senegal’, the Senhuille’s social responsibility
12. Freeing our gaze
Conclusion
