Neo-colonialism, land grabbing and rubber plantations in Liberia

How did Africa’s oldest independent republic become entrenched in a neo-colonial tussle for world dominance in the production of rubber?

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Narrating the Global Countryside

Five years on, 450 hours of 617 interviews and 8 participatory mapping interviews, 2 focus groups, 2 surveys of 1,235 respondents, GPS and GIS Mapping exercises of global continental coverage, the Global-Rural Project comes to an end. Here is a summary of the project’s findings in over 14 countries and 37 case study sites.

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