What is it about?

It is about the life of pastoralist in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel region. It delves into critical review of an article that investigated the interplay of identity and the marginal position of pastoralist in Africa and the world political economy in puting them in violent existence.

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Why is it important?

It shows how the interplay of identity, marginality and insecurity interface in determining the fate of people in the pastoralist space in the two regions It provides unusual way of understanding the pastoralist reality from the vintage point of their identity rooted in their mode of production and the marginality of their mode of production.

Perspectives

It gives a unique way of understanding pastoralist world apart from the stereotypes associated with pastoralists and their mode of production.

Artisenal Muauz Gidey Alemu
University of Pretoria

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This page is a summary of: Violence, Insecurity and Marginality in Pastoralist Spaces: The Horn of Africa and the Sahel Regions, Strategic Review for Southern Africa, December 2020, University of Pretoria - Department of Philosophy,
DOI: 10.35293/srsa.v40i2.190.
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