A brief agricultural history of cannabis in Africa, from prehistory to canna-colony

A brief agricultural history of cannabis in Africa, from prehistory to canna-colony

This article outlines four historical phases of cannabis cultivation in Africa. First, during the plant’s initial dispersal across the continent, people developed diverse cultures of cannabis farming and use. Second, several formal markets for cannabis developed under colonial regimes, although colo...

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Main Author: Chris S. Duvall
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Pôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information Géographique 2019-07-01
Series:EchoGéo
Subjects:
economic development
capitalism
neocolonialism
foreign direct investment
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/17599
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economic development
capitalism
neocolonialism
foreign direct investment
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title A brief agricultural history of cannabis in Africa, from prehistory to canna-colony
title_short A brief agricultural history of cannabis in Africa, from prehistory to canna-colony
title_full A brief agricultural history of cannabis in Africa, from prehistory to canna-colony
title_fullStr A brief agricultural history of cannabis in Africa, from prehistory to canna-colony
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publisher Pôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information Géographique
series EchoGéo
issn 1963-1197
publishDate 2019-07-01
description This article outlines four historical phases of cannabis cultivation in Africa. First, during the plant’s initial dispersal across the continent, people developed diverse cultures of cannabis farming and use. Second, several formal markets for cannabis developed under colonial regimes, although colonialists more widely suppressed the crop. Third, twentieth-century drug laws changed the economics of production, causing cannabis farming to become particularly attractive to resource-poor farmers. Finally, several countries have recently legalized cannabis cultivation in specific contexts. Altogether, the crop’s agricultural history has produced relationships that enable Global Northerners to extract more value from African resources than African farmers can extract.
topic economic development
capitalism
neocolonialism
foreign direct investment
url http://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/17599
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