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An example of the evolution of rural Africaarticle 1945 • Robin, J. & Moore, Grace W.
Wolof • Africa > Western Africa
This article discusses the organization and functions of the newly developed 'KOTIZE' or federation of age-grades in rural villages....Economic spheres in pre-colonial Ila societyarticle 1979 • Fielder, Robin J.
Ila • Africa > Southern Africa
The author demonstrates the versatility of cattle as mediums of exchange in this analysis grounded in the key factors of production needed by individuals establishing households and aspiring to improve their social standing. Any ambitious Ila needs c...The role of cattle in the Ila economyarticle 1973 • Fielder, Robin J.
Ila • Africa > Southern Africa
This document presents an argument against long-standing policy views that tend to portray the herding practices of eastern African pastoral societies as backward—-irrationally bounded by mystical and ritual devotion to livestock. Drawing on statisti...