Bryceson, Deborah Fahy2016-04-192016-04-1920001-8533-9477-7http://hdl.handle.net/10919/66098Metadata only recordThis chapter provides historical background to the pre-colonial period. It then traces the emergence of African peasantries under European colonialism, their consolidation amidst decolonization and early independent government, and finally the circumstances undermining their existence form the mid-1970s onwards.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightLivelihoodsPeasantsLaborParticipationSocietyTheoryAgrarianTransitionsPolicyFarm/Enterprise ScaleAbstractCopyright 2000 London Intermediate Technology Publications