Cattle and Concrete
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Contents  
Preface.  
Chapter one. An introduction to Kabala town.
Chapter two. "Gold and hide strangers": the migration of Fula into Sierra Leone; a brief history
Chapter three. Haja Aisaitu: dependents and independence.
Chapter four. "Finding your own": trade, settlement and mobility.
Chapter five. "Cattle to Concrete": Fula pastoralists in town.
Chapter six. "Kasoto" and "Kaseya": the cattle camp.
Chapter seven. Cows and cowboys: the commercialisation of cattle production.
Chapter eight. Settling down: responses to livestock development.
Conclusion.  
Glossary.  
Bibliography.  
   
  Photo Gallery
 
  Page Index
   
Illustrations.  
2:1. Captured Hubu prisoners are brought before Sewa, "King of Falaba". (March 1869)
4:1.  Loading a cattle truck.
5:1  Logo of the Fullah Progressive Union.
6:1  A Fula (rainy season) cattle camp near Kabala.
7:1  Some examples of Fula cattle brand marks.
8:1 Recently purchased cattle grazing on Yogomaia swamp.

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