essay
Interrelations between economic and social change in rural Africa: the case of the Ovimbundu of Angola
Social change in Angola • München • Published In 1973 • Pages: 32-52
By: Pössinger, Hermann.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Pössinger presents an economic history of the Ovimbundu, which is intended as a useful guide for development project personnel. He examines the changes in Ovimbundu social organization, economic practices, and land tenure system from the early period of trading caravans to the later period of cash-crop agriculture. The latter period is marked by a new system of private property, family nuclearization, and increasing proletarization.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Special crops
- Settlement patterns
- Real property
- Production and supply
- External trade
- Labor supply and employment
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ovimbundu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Economist
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1963-1972
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1600-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central Angola
- NotesAdditional notes
- Hermann Pössinger
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72097637
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mbundu (African people)