Change in an African Village
Subtitle: Kefa Speaks (Kumarian Press Library of Management for Development)
Publisher: Kumarian Pr Inc
Published: March 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780931816574
Subjects: Anthropology; Indigenous peoples; Rural communities; Social conditions; Ethnology And Ethnography; Sociology; Africa; Anthropology - Cultural; Ethnology; Kefa; Kefa (Zambia); Social change; Zambia
Table of contents: title: What comes does not beat a drum -- The village and its people : one white ant does not build an ant hill. The village -- The headman -- The past -- Land and land uses : the harvest depends on the beginning. Food crops -- Cash crops -- Extension services -- The agricultural cycle : success presupposes effort. The farmer’s calendar -- Hoeing and planting -- Weeding -- Watching and waiting -- Harvesting -- Planning for the future -- Food and good housekeeping : not all food tastes good. Meals -- Utensils -- From maize to nsima -- Relishes and other delicacies -- Special foods -- Making and sharing beer -- Sharing food -- Housekeeping -- Other economic activities : who looks after a well does not die of thirst. Cattle and other domestic animals -- Brewing beer -- Local crafts and businesses -- Modern careers -- Money -- Family life : one head cannot carry a roof. Children -- Growing up -- Courting -- Marriage -- Separation -- Sickness, witchcraft, and death : in other homes there is no weeping. Illnesses -- Spirits -- Witchcraft -- Death -- The model village : who said “I know everything” built a house without a door. Making brick -- Building -- Settling in -- Appendix A. the Kefa time allocation study : when you go into the bush you go for everything -- Appendix B. the Kefa village diary : what comes does not beat a drum -- Glossary.