Peasant Fishermen and Capitalists: Development in Senegal

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Title:	Peasant Fishermen and Capitalists: Development in Senegal
Author:	Jonge, Klaas de
Year:	1979
Periodical:	Review of African Political Economy
Volume:	6
Issue:	15-16
Period:	May-December
Pages:	105-123
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Senegal
Subjects:	farmers class formation fishermen shrimp fisheries Development and Technology Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Labor and Employment Economics and Trade
External link:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056247908703400
Abstract:	On the basis of a micro-level case study carried out in 1975, the author aims to show the nature of the relations that exist between peasants, notably those in the Balante village of Birkama in Casamance in South Senegal, on the one hand, and capitalism and the state on the other. Against the background of conflicts, including strike action, that took place in 1975 in the shrimp fishing industry in Casamance, the complex and constantly shifting relations between the diverse groupings are analysed: peasants and fishermen, industry, middlemen and government officials. Opposition between the different state departments and between the groupings with vested interests offers an explanation for the short-term success of the peasants and fishermen, ostensibly the weakest grouping, in the shrimp fishing conflict. Notes, tab.