Serfs, Peasants, and Socialists: A. Former Serf Village in the Republic of Guinea

Abstract

This is a worthwhile, if not important, book; more so, perhaps, for the questions addressed than the information provided, although the work cannot be seriously faulted for the latter. While the research centers on the Fulbe (Fulani, Peul) of the Fouta-Djallon, its theoretical concerns have wide import. These include the nature of traditional African systems of institutionalized social inequality, the dynamics of change under different colonial administrative styles and policies and the various political ideologies following independence, the extent and manner in which there is a