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Based on sixteen years of fieldwork among the pastoral Turkana people, McCabe examines how individuals use the land and make decisions about mobility, livestock, and the use of natural resources in an environment characterized by aridity, unpredictability, insecurity, and violence. The Turkana are one of the world's most mobile peoples, but understanding why and how they move is a complex task influenced by politics, violence, historical relations among ethnic groups, and the government, as well as by the arid land they call home. As one of the original members of the South Turkana Ecosystem Project, McCabe draws on a wealth of ecological data in his analysis. His long-standing relationship with four Turkana families personalize his insights and conclusions, inviting readers into the lives of these individuals, their families, and the way they cope with their environment and political events in daily life.

\"Rose Landro is on the run. Seeking refuge at the Rimrock Ranch, she is finally ready to claim the land her granddaddy left her and make a fresh start. But her return is rife with controversy when cattle begin disappearing-- and a handsome menace named Tanner McCade starts watching Rose a little too closely. Could the new cowhand be connected to the men she's hiding from? Or is there another reason the rugged stranger is shadowing her every move?\"-- Provided by publisher.

In this unflinching, dramatic adventure, modern-day wildland firefighters and cattle rustlers struggle for survival in a changing western landscape.Braiding the stories of two firefighters (Morgan and Jeremy) and an abrasive laundromat custodian turned cattle-rustling grandmother (Jacklynn), This Here Is Devil's Work is a fiery ride through.

Based on 16 years of fieldwork among the pastoral Turkana people, McCabe examines how individuals use the land and make decisions about mobility, livestock and the use of natural resources in an environment characterized by aridity, unpredictability, insecurity and violence.

Among the agro-pastoral Kuria people of East Africa, whose population straddles the border between Tanzania and Kenya, many young men are engaged in an illicit, violent livestock trade in which cattle stolen in Tanzania are sold to Tanzanian or Kenyan buyers for cash. This raiding is inextricably bound up with the phenomenon of warfare between mutually antagonistic Kuria clans, which not only serves to legitimise raids on the enemy's cattle herds so long as the fighting rages but which also fosters and sustains an atmosphere of inter-clan enmity that lends support to cattle raiding, particularly on the herds of former adversaries, even after hostilities have ended. Clan warfare emerges as both a cause and an effect of raiding as well as serving as a training ground for novice raiders. On the basis of field research in the Tarime District lowlands, the article argues that although Kuria cattle raiding, oriented to the cash market, owes its existence to capitalist penetration and is driven by the rising demand for cattle, particularly in Kenya, it remains heavily dependent on inter-clan warfare, which has two main causes: animosity engendered by commercialised cattle raiding, and boundary adjustments initiated by the government, either for administrative reasons or, paradoxically, in an effort to resolve existing disputes over access to pasture, grazing and water. Chez les Kuria, peuple agro-pastoral d'Afrique orientale dont la population s'étend de part et d'autre de la frontière entre la Tanzanie et le Kenya, de nombreux hommes jeunes se livrent à un commerce violent illicite de bétail volé en Tanzanie et vendu contre de l'argent à des acheteurs tanzaniens ou kenyans. Ces vols sont inextricablement liés au phénomène de guerre entre clans kuria mutuellement antagonistes, qui sert non seulement à légitimer les vols du bétail de l'ennemi tant que le conflit se poursuit, mais qui également entretient et maintient un climat d'hostilité entre les clans qui étaye les vols de bétail, notamment le bétail d'anciens adversaires, même après que les hostilités aient pris fin. La guerre des clans apparaît à la fois en tant que cause et conséquence des vols, ainsi que servant de terrain de formation des voleurs débutants. Sur la base de travaux de recherche menés sur place dans les plaines du District de Tarime, l'article affirme que les vols de bétail kuria, orientés vers le marché de l'argent, bien que devant leur existence à la pénétration du capitalisme et étant motivés par la demande croissante de bétail, notamment au Kenya, continuent d'être étroitement liés aux conflits entre les clans qui ont deux causes principales : l'animosité engendrée par les vols de bétail commercialisés et la redéfinition des frontières engagée par l'Etat, soit pour des raisons administratives, soit, paradoxalement, pour tenter de résoudre les conflits existants à propos de l'accès aux pâturages et à l'eau.

This article briefly discusses the various factors that gave rise to tension in northern Ghana between Fulbe pastoralists coming in from Burkina Faso and the local Kassena farmers (who have livestock of their own). The Ghanaian government's decision in 1988–89 to expel the Fulbe resulted in more problems, not least the dilemma of how to patrol effectively the permeable borderland and the gradual introduction there of modern firearms. In consequence some argue that it is not the policies of conservation that are being called into question but the government's sovereignty. Cet article examine brièvement les facteurs á l’origine des tensions survenues dans le nord du Ghana entre pasteurs Fulbe venus du Burkina Faso et agriculteurs Kassena locaux (également propriétaires de bétail). La décision du gouvernement ghanéen d’expulser les Fulbe, en 1988 et 1989, engendra d’autres problèmes, á commencer par le dilemme entre une surveillance efficace de la région frontalière perméable par des patrouilles et l’introduction progressive d’armes á feu modernes dans cette région. Par conséquent, certains soutiennent que ce ne sont pas les politiques de protection qui sont mises en question mais la souveraineté du gouvernement.

Among the agro-pastoralist Kuria people inhabiting the Tarime District lowlands of northern Tanzania, many young men are engaged in cattle raiding, which constitutes a primary means of generating cash income. Data from a sample of sixty-four Kuria cattle raiders reveal that three-quarters of them grew up in natal households having more sons than daughters, strongly suggesting that it is the need for the sons of a household to acquire their own bridewealth cattle by means other than through sisters' marriages that constitutes the strongest predictor of which young men will opt to become cattle raiders. Dans la tribu agro-pastorale des Kuria située dans les plaines du district de Tarime, dans le nord de la Tanzanie, de nombreux hommes jeunes s'adonnent au vol de bétail, qui constitue une source principale de revenu. Une étude menée sur soixantequatre voleurs de bétail de cette tribu révèle que les trois quarts d'entre eux sont issus de families dont le nombre de garçons est supérieur à celui des filles, suggérant ainsi fortement que la nécessité, pour les fils, d'acquérir leur propre bétail dotal autrement que par le mariage de leurs sœurs constitue le critère majeur permettant de prédire quels hommes jeunes choisiront de devenir des voleurs de bétail.