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Labour emigration among the Moçambique Thonga: cultural and political factors
Africa • 29 (1) • Published In 1959 • Pages: 50-66
By: Harris, Marvin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the major reasons that led to the conversion of the Thonga from a relatively self-contained small-scale farmers to migrant wage-earners who depended on employment opportunities in South African mines. The most important of these reasons is the traditional subordinate position of the younger brothers within Thonga socioeconomic hierarchy. Other reasons include land and labor policies of the colonial government which made it hard for villagers to remain autonomous.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Community structure
- Labor supply and employment
- External relations
- Household
- Family relationships
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- History
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tsonga
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1890-1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Thonga villages in Mozambigue and South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marvin Harris
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-65)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tsonga (African peoples)