Water, Life, and Profit offers a holistic analysis of the people, economies, cultural symbolism, and material culture involved in the management, production, distribution, and consumption of drinking water in the urban context of Niamey, Niger. Paying particular attention to two key groups of people who provide water to most of Niamey’s residents – door-to-door water vendors, and those who sell water in one-half-liter plastic bags (sachets) on the street or in small shops – the authors offer new insights into how Niamey’s water economies affect gender, ethnicity, class, and spatial structure today.
Table of Content
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Water? Why Now?
Chapter 1. Situating Water in the 21st Century
Chapter 2. Historical Urban Development in Niamey
Chapter 3. Accessing Water in Niamey
Chapter 4. Water Delivery Vendors in Niamey
Chapter 5. “Pure Water” in Niamey
Chapter 6. Fluid Materialism in Niamey
Conclusion
References
Index
About the author
Sara Beth Keough is Professor of Geography at Saginaw Valley State University. Her research focuses on material culture and human-environment interactions in West Africa and Canada, particularly water access and urban development in resource-dependent communities. She has served as Editor of the academic journal Material Culture since 2008.
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