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Displaying 1 - 2 of 2Composer entre la famille et le marché à Madagascar : Évolution de l’accès des jeunes agriculteurs à la terre
Date : 2017
Source : Foncier & Développement
Par : Perrine Burnod, Heriniaina Rakotomalala, Beby Seheno Andriamanalina, Hadrien Di Roberto
PEASANT GRIEVANCE AND INSURGENCY IN SIERRA LEONE: JUDICIAL SERFDOM AS A DRIVER OF CONFLICT
Was the civil war in Sierra Leone (1991-2002) fought for diamonds, or was it a peasant insurgency motivated by agrarian grievances? The evidence on both sides is less than conclusive. Ibis article scrutinizes the peasant insurgency argument via a more rigorous methodology. Hypotheses concerning intra-peasant tensions over marriage and farm labour are derived from an examination of the anthropological literature.