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Hunting of the Boyela, slash-and-burn agriculturalists, in the central Zaire forest
African study monographs • 4 • Published In 1983 • Pages: 1-54
By: Sato, Hiroaki.
Abstract
This monograph describes and analyzes the hunting techniques of the Boyela, a section of the Mongo people living in Central Congo Basin, Zaire. It shows that the Boyela are settled forest agriculturalists who grow mostly cassava tubers. It also shows that the Boyela need to engage themselves in 'part-time hunting,' since their tuber-based diet is ' very low in protient content'. As a consequence, they needed to develop a set of hunting techniques that are 'most efficient in terms of labour-input.' The most important of these techniques include trapping and ocassional organized trips to hunt by drive and ambush methods.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Central Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi A. Adem; 2008
- Field Date
- 1976-1977, 1978-1979
- Coverage Date
- 1976-1979
- Coverage Place
- central Congo Basin, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Notes
- Hiroaki Sato
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 54)
- LCSH
- Mongo (African people)