Khat is a quasi-legal psychoactive shrub, produced and marketed in the province of Harerge, Ethiopia, and widely consumed throughout Northeast Africa. In the late nineteenth century the main cash crop of Harerge was coffee. Leaf of Allah examines why farming families shifted from cultivating coffee and food crops to growing khat.
Demographic, market, and political factors facilitated the emergence of khat as Harerge's leading agricultural commodity. This development increased the scale of unofficial cross-border trade in consumer goods. This study explores the consequences of the new cash crop for the regional economy as a whole, for farmer-state relations, for the nature and balance of local social relations, as well as for Harerge's physical, socioeconomic, and political landscapes.
| ISBN: | 9780821415603 |
| Publication date: | 29th March 2004 |
| Author: | Ezekiel Gebissa |
| Publisher: | Ohio University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Eastern African Studies |
| Genres: |
Cultural studies: food and society African history Politics and government |
Khat is a quasi-legal psychoactive shrub, produced and marketed in the province of Harerge, Ethiopia, and widely consumed throughout Northeast Africa. In the late nineteenth century the main cash crop of Harerge was coffee. Leaf of Allah examines why farming families shifted from cultivating coffee and food crops to growing khat.
Demographic, market, and political factors facilitated the emergence of khat as Harerge's leading agricultural commodity. This development increased the scale of unofficial cross-border trade in consumer goods. This study explores the consequences of the new cash crop for the regional economy as a whole, for farmer-state relations, for the nature and balance of local social relations, as well as for Harerge's physical, socioeconomic, and political landscapes.
Leaf of Allah features in the following genres: Cultural studies: food and society, African history, Politics and government
Leaf of Allah is available in Hardback, Paperback
Leaf of Allah was written by Ezekiel Gebissa and published by Ohio University Press
Leaf of Allah has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Eastern African Studies series