@article{fdi:010068686,
  title = {{A} 'despicable shambles' : labour, property and status in {F}aya-{L}argeau, {N}orthern {C}had},
  author = {{B}rachet, {J}ulien and {S}cheele, {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{F}aya-{L}argeau, the largest oasis in northern {C}had, seems to present a classic picture of {S}aharan labour relations and status groups. {C}olonial officers spoke of nomadic 'overlords' who used to exploit sedentary 'serfs' of slave descent, but indirectly favoured the latter; today, former status relations are renegotiated, at times violently so. {A}ccess to vital resources, and especially agricultural land, is the focus of much contemporary conflict. {Y}et, on a closer look, this picture becomes less familiar: local agriculture requires little labour, property rights are uncertain, bilateral descent, exogamy and a high degree of mobility blur boundaries, while state involvement remains limited and ambiguous, and education little valued. {S}tatus, property and labour hence emerge as contextual categories that depend on as much as they constitute a historically specific and inherently unstable mode of production.},
  keywords = {{TCHAD}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}frica},
  volume = {86},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {122--141},
  ISSN = {0001-9720},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1017/s0001972015000819},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068686},
}