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| Title: | African Rural Labour, Income Diversification and Livelihood Approaches: A Long-Term Development Perspective |
| Author: | Bryceson, Deborah F. |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Periodical: | Review of African Political Economy |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Issue: | 80 |
| Period: | June |
| Pages: | 171-189 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic terms: | Africa Tanzania |
| Subjects: | employment rural areas household income Labor and Employment Economics and Trade Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Development and Technology |
| External links: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056249908704377 http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4F4B9E8CD15A2CFFA536 |
| Abstract: | This article historically contextualizes discussion of African rural labour and its productive potential, with special emphasis on Tanzania. Current and past literature is reviewed to identify developmental trends. The first section briefly examines the present upsurge in rural income diversification, noting the existing literature's coverage and blind spots. In the second section, colonial and postcolonial perspectives on the African rural labour question are presented, specifically with respect to Tanzania. The third section focuses on four villages - Ngonga and Kyimo in Mbeya Region, and Igosi and Mtwango in Iringa Region. These village snapshots are derived from group discussions in 1995 on the viability of nonagricultural activities and work career patterns and resource flows between generations. The last section highlights some of the discrepancies between emerging rural labour patterns and prevailing economic development models and policy prescriptions. The author concludes that such discrepancies call into question the 'sustainability' of rural livelihood strategies now being advocated by donor agencies. Bibliogr., sum. |
