Mining and Social Transformation in Africa

Deborah Fahy Bryceson as a Reader at the Geographical and Earth Sciences School of the University of Glasgow. Eleanor Fisher is Associate Professor in International Rural Development at the University of Reading. Jesper Bosse Jønsson is Head of Development Planning and Environment for COWI Tanzania. Rosemarie Mwaipopo is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

1. Mineralizing Africa and Artisanal Mining’s Democratizing Influence, Deborah Fahy Bryceson and Jesper Bosse Jønsson Part I: Miners’ Agency and Social Relations 2. Going for Gold: Miners’ Mobility and Motivation, Jesper Bosse Jønsson and Deborah Fahy Bryceson 3. Pursuing an Artisanal Mining Career: Downward Success, Deborah Fahy Bryceson and Jesper Bosse Jønsson 4. Loosely–woven Love: Sexuality and Wifestyles in Gold-mining Settlements, Deborah Fahy Bryceson, Jesper Bosse Jønsson and Hannelore Verbrugge 5. The Creativity of Action: Property, Kin and the Social in African Artisanal Mining, Eleanor Fisher and Rose Mwaipopo 6. Beyond Belief: Mining, Magic and Murder in Sukumaland, Deborah Fahy Bryceson, Jesper Bosse Jønsson and Richard Sherrington Part II: Mining Communities, Organizational Constructs and Policy 7. Dealing with Ambiguity: Policy and Practice among Artisanal Gold Miners, Jesper Bosse Jønsson and Niels Fold 8. An Ethical Turn in African Mining: Voluntary Regulation through Fair Trade, Eleanor Fisher and John Childs 9. The Politics of Mining: Foreign Direct Investment, the State and Artisanal Mining in Tanzania, France Bourgouin 10. Ubeshi – Negotiating Co-existence: Artisanal and Large-scale in Diamond Mining, Rose Mwaipopo Part III: What Future for Artisanal Mining? 11. Artisanal Mining’s Democratizing Directions and Deviations, Deborah Fahy Bryceson and Eleanor Fisher