essay
Labour migration as a positive factor in the continuity of Tonga tribal society
Social change in modern Africa: studies presented and discussed at the First International African Seminar, Makerere College, Kampala, January 1959 • London • Published In 1961 • Pages: 230-241
By: Van Velsen, J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper, van Velsen discusses how Tonga migrant laborers continue to maintain ties to their original villages, even though they may be away for years at a time. Few Tonga men take their wives and families to urban centers abroad, because the conditions are not suitable. They support their families back home with remittances and continue to hold interest in local politics, as all men aspire one day to be a chief.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Foreign exchange
- Labor supply and employment
- Community heads
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Lakeshore Tonga
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2001
- 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.
- Ethnographer
- 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;1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1952-1955
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1952-1955
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nkhata Bay district, Northern Province, Malawi
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. van Velsen
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 61004358
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Malawi