Book
Land and politics among the Luguru of Tanganyika
Routledge and Kegan Paul • London • Published In 1960 • Pages:
By: Young, Roland, Fosbrooke, Henry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is concerned with the dynamics of changes and continuities that occurred in traditional Luguru political institutions and land tenure systems when British Colonial officials imposed upon them Western ideas of politics and technology. Important changes include the reconfiguration of both intra- and inter-ethnic relations with the introduction of a single system of authority over territories simultaneously controlled by traditional leaders of different ethnic groups, lineages and clans. Colonial officials achieved this goal by coopting selected traditional leaders to play new roles designed to strengthen the efficiency, stability and integrity of the colonial bureaucracy, especially at the district and community levels. The colonial project also sought to modernize and commercialize subsistence farming by forcing Luguru farmers to adopt hillside terracing. This program encountered strong resistance from farmers, leading to its abandonment.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External relations
- Form and rules of government
- Citizenship
- Inter-community relations
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Lineages
- Lineages
- Community heads
- Status, role, and prestige
- Chief executive
- Territorial hierarchy
- Real property
- Tillage
- Agricultural science
- Environmental quality
- Economic planning and development
- Brawls, riots, and banditry
- Political movements
- Political parties
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Luguru
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1885-1959
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
- NotesAdditional notes
- Roland Young and Henry Fosbrooke
- American ed. (Evanston, Northwestern University Press) has title: Smoke in the hills.
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 60004123
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Luguru (African people)
- Ethnology--Tanzania--Morogoro District
- Morogoro, Tanganyika (District)--Politics and government
- Morogoro, Tanganyika (District)--Economic conditions