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Outside development interventions: people's daily actions among the Plateau Tonga of Zambia

African study monographs22 (4)Published In 2001 • Pages: 195-208

By: Araki, Minako.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article the author examines the sharing ideology and practices of the Tonga, and the extent to which these have changed since the beginning of the last century with colonialism, the coming of the railroad, and the introduction of cash crops. The author finds that while sharing continues among matrilineal kin, there is conflict between matrilineal groups related to husband and wife respectively over control of land and its produce. The introduction of the plow and oxen have given men and their matrilineal kin more power than in the past over household labor and property.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact
Domesticated animals
Tillage
Settlement patterns
Real property
Social relationships and groups
Family relationships
Polygamy
Kin relationships
Lineages
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tonga
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2014
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
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2012
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1993-1994
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1993-1994
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Monze district, Southern province, Zambia
NotesAdditional notes
Minako Araki
Includes bibliographical references (207-208)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
82641558
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tonga (Zambezi people)