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Outside development interventions: people's daily actions among the Plateau Tonga of Zambia
African study monographs • 22 (4) • Published In 2001 • Pages: 195-208
By: Araki, Minako.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2014
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field Date
- 1993-1994
- Coverage Date
- 1993-1994
- Coverage Place
- Monze district, Southern province, Zambia
- Notes
- Minako Araki
- Includes bibliographical references (207-208)
- LCCN
- 82641558
- LCSH
- Tonga (Zambezi people)