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Elijah Doro’s “Plunder for Profit” provides a comprehensive socio-environmental history of tobacco farming in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. The book traces how tobacco cultivation became a dominant economic force while simultaneously transforming the region’s social fabric and ecological landscape.
Doro analyzes the intersection of colonial exploitation, agricultural practices, and environmental degradation throughout tobacco’s rise as a cash crop. He examines how farming communities, colonial administrations, and international markets shaped production methods and their consequences.
This volume contributes significantly to African studies by demonstrating how single-commodity agriculture affects both human societies and natural environments. It reveals the long-term impacts of extractive agricultural systems and provides critical insights into sustainable development challenges in post-colonial Africa.
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