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Book SynopsisWater Brings No Harm explores the history of community water management on Mount Kilimanjaro. Using the concept of waterscapes—describing how people “see” water and how physical resources intersect with beliefs, needs, and expectations—Bender argues that water conflicts should be understood as struggles between competing forms of knowledge.
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Water Brings No Harm uses the concept of waterscapes to explore the differing and changing relationships people have had to water on Mount Kilimanjaro. It convincingly shows how different groups (mountain peoples, European explorers, missionaries, colonial officials, settlers, post-colonial administrators, environmental activists, and scientists) have engaged with the mountain’s waters in different ways.… Detailed, thoughtful scholarship abounds.”
“A pleasure to read, thanks to its straightforward, uncluttered prose and strong thematic continuity.” * International Journal of African Historical Studies *
“Bender’s careful and detailed history of Kilimanjaro’s waterscapes makes a significant contribution to African environmental history.” * African Studies Review *
