Book
The ecology of the Gwembe Tonga
Manchester University Press • Manchester • Published In 1962 • Pages: xxii, 274 , 11 photos on 6 plates
By: Scudder, Thayer, University of Zambia. Institute for Social Research.
Abstract
This is the companion volume to Colson (1967), who also studied the social organization and human ecology of the Gwembe Tonga as a baseline study prior to the Tonga resettlement in connection with the Kariba Dam. Scudder focuses on ecology, investigating the causes of famine during the preceding century. The author discusses the different types of agriculture practiced, population and settlement patterns, subsidiary economic activities such as animal husbandry, fishing, hunting, and gathering, and lastly, he discusses the causes of famine. He concludes that food shortages were caused by irregular rainfall, Zambezi River flooding, animal and plant pests, degradation and subdivision of alluvial holdings, household variation in crop production, and (formerly) intertribal and intra-neighborhood raiding.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2014
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Marlene Martin ; 1976
- Field Date
- 1956-1957 (11 mos.)
- Coverage Date
- 1850-1957
- Coverage Place
- eastern Southern province, Zambia
- Notes
- Thayer Scudder
- Companion vol. to "The social organization of the Gwembe Tongo" by E. Colson
- Includes bibliographical references (p.262-265)
- Published on behalf of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute by Manchester University Press
- LCCN
- 67118694
- LCSH
- Tonga (Zambezi people)
- Traditional farming