what role did central asian and west african pastoralists play in thier respective regions
Central Asian and West African pastoralists have helped greatly in the development of their respective regions. A good example is that the African pastoralists had a large role in ending the livestock disease rinderpest.
While early studies might have explored the ways in which ideas of leadership, agriculture patterns, community organization, and kinship relations were affected by colonial policies and practices, the new interest in an autonomous perspective urged scholars to prioritize local institutions, patterns, and terms as the main subject of inquiry, so that the study of colonialism would become integrated into the cultural history and anthropology of Southeast Asia.