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Title: | Aspects of Interethnic Relations in Contemporary Agricultural Migration and Settlement in Southern Mali |
Authors: | Koenig, Dolores Diarra, Tiéman Sow, Moussa |
Year: | 1999 |
Periodical: | Mande Studies |
Volume: | 1 |
Pages: | 63-85 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Mali |
Subjects: | ethnic relations internal migration Ethnic and Race Relations Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Urbanization and Migration |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/44078778 |
Abstract: | This paper looks at the relative importance of ethnic and class-based forms of stratification as a factor determining access to land in southern Mali. The paper is based on a study of six sites of agricultural migration and settlement carried out in June-August 1989. The aim of the study was to assess the potential for development activities in regions recently freed of onchocerciasis. The assumption was that onchocerciasis control would lead to immigration into previously underpopulated areas of good agricultural potential. However, it appeared that onchocerciasis control had little impact on people's decision to migrate and settle in particular areas. Six villages, all inhabited by multiple ethnic groups, were chosen to investigate patterns of migration and settlement: two which were remarkably free of ethnic conflict (Dioïla and Tienfala), two which were characterized by substantial ethnic tension (Selingue and Yanfolila), and two where ethnic interaction was more complex (Finkolo, Manantali). The study shows that patterns of ethnic interaction differed significantly in these villages, and that this variability makes it impossible to draw general conclusions about the relationship between national interventions and the importance of ethnicity as an instrument for resource allocation. Bibliogr., notes, ref. |