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Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:Migrant labour and detribalisation
Author:Watson, W.
Year:1959
Periodical:Bulletin - Inter-African Labour Institute
Volume:6
Issue:2
Pages:8-33
Language:English
Geographic term:Subsaharan Africa
Subjects:labour migration
acculturation
Abstract:Tribal Africans can acquire cash by 2 main methods: growing a cash crop on their tribal lands, and selling their labour. The best labour markets for unskilled African labour in South & Central Africa are the gold, diamond and copper mines, together with the growing secondary industries and domestic service. These labour markets are generally so distant from the tribal areas that Africans must leave home for shorter or longer periods in order to work for wages. The author discusses the effects of this system of labour migration on the tribal societies. Bibliography. French translation.