Ethnic Identity and Development: Khat and Social Change in Africa

by S. Beckerleg

Overview

This book presents data on Ugandan khat within the context of international debates on the drug, and the proposed ban in 2009. By telling of the story of khat, the book will serve as a vehicle for the analysis of social change, development priorities and shifting ethnic identities in Uganda over the last 80 years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230623101
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	07/21/2010
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

SUSAN BECKERLEG is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK and is also affiliated to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vii

Acknowledgments ix

1 Introduction 1

2 Somali Identity and Khat 5

3 Yemeni Migrants: Traversing Forest, Mountain, and Desert 29

4 Ugandan Khat Production Spreads 49

5 Altitude and Attitude 71

6 Wholesale Risks 93

7 Style and Substance 115

8 Khat Consumption and Changing Ethnic Identities 139

9 "Idle and Disorderly" 161

10 Khat and Development 179

References 195

Index 207