<h4>A blend of old and new meanings</h4><p>Who are the rural people of Africa? What does it mean to be part of a 'rural' community in contemporary Tanzania? And why is it important to debate questions of African rurality beyond the mere GDP contribution of rural land-based production? This book seeks to address questions like these. Rural people(s) in contemporary Africa are often conceived of in terms of how to efficiently&nbsp;<em>integrate</em>&nbsp;them into international markets and global value chains; this book analyses the question of integration of rural people in Tanzania by delving into how they deal with local-global connections and engage with policy objectives on their own terms between local forms of associational life and global markets. In so doing it explores local socio-economic dynamics that find little space in the national and global policy vision of a rural sector geared towards&nbsp;<em>growth</em>&nbsp;- a vision that is peculiar to African states including Tanzania.&nbsp;</p><p>Informed by anthropological theory and de-re-agrarianisation/de-re-peasantisation debates and grounded&nbsp;in&nbsp;ethnographic evidence the book eschews 'orthodox' approaches that see (rural) people as passive recipients of policies and policies as instruments of oppression. Instead it departs from the rural land/place-based practices of&nbsp;grazing fishing and farming&nbsp;to look at rurality in Tanzania as a blend of old and new meanings values and practices at the local-global interface continually reshuffled as rural people encounter different social and economic spheres. As the world rediscovers the urgency of questions connected to neo-colonialism and de-colonisation this book brings to the forefront the position worldview and ambitions of African rural peoples intersecting with international policy models visions and objectives.&nbsp;</p><h3><br></h3>
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