Eaters Of The Dry Season

David Rickter Rain is a professional geographer living with his family in the Washington DC area. He served in the US Peace Corps in Niger from 1985 to 1987, and in 1997 he earned his Ph.D. from Penn State University. This is his first book.

• Preface -- The Changing World of Cin Rani -- The Walked-Across Land -- Land-Use Change Along the Environmental Margin -- From Caravan to Bush Taxi -- A Population in Motion -- Migrants' Livelihoods -- Rural Community Perspectives -- Walking into the Next Century

"A remarkable blend of geography, demography, sociology, development economics, history, cultural anthropology, ecology, politics, sharia (Muslim religious law), and government policies.... This book dispels many misconceptions and is an education in itself." Choice