Research on Africa is full of surprises. Much of the best cultural anthropology on famines
south of the Sahara has been written by historians and geogra-phers, while some of the best …

Food and water shortages are two of the greatest challenges facing humans in the coming
century. While our theoretical understanding of how humans become vulnerable to and …

This article discusses the probability of increased communal conflict in African states due to
the “political vulnerability” of groups to climate change. From an initial examination of …

This book brings together 11 perspectives on sub-Saharan Africa's food security problems.
Topics covered include: the evolution of thinking about food security; agricultural issues in …

In this article, we argue that people's adjustments to multiple shocks and changes, such as
conflict and drought, are intrinsically political processes that have uneven outcomes …

Recent work in ecology suggests that the diversity of responses to environmental change
among species contributing to the same ecosystem function can strongly influence …

Climate change is expected to bring about significant changes in migration patterns
throughout the developing world. Increases in the frequency and severity of chronic …

This comparative ethnographic study of risk-related strategies is unique because of its
comparative dimension in the research, the author's address of risk and consequent societal …

We use agent-based modeling to study osotua, a gift giving system used by the Maasai of
East Africa. Osotua's literal meaning is “umbilical cord,” but it is used metaphorically to refer …

Jim Ellis and Kathleen A. Galvin he history of the earth dem-onstrates that climate change is
an inevitable part of plan-etary dynamics and a future certainty. Furthermore, climate …