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Title: | Lavoro migratorio in Africa centro-meridionale e il distretto di Tete, Mozambico, 1890-1945 |
Author: | Tornimbeni, Corrado |
Year: | 2000 |
Periodical: | Africa: rivista trimestrale di studi e documentazione |
Volume: | 55 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 309-337 |
Language: | Italian |
Geographic terms: | Southern Africa Mozambique |
Subject: | labour migration |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/40761459 |
Abstract: | This article analyses the patterns of labour migration from Tete District in Mozambique to South Africa, Nyasaland (Malawi), and Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War II. Although the flux of migrant labour in the area was already well-established in 19th century, it was reinforced after the consolidation of colonialism in the early 20th century. The capitalist enterprises of the British territories surrounding Tete formed a strong economic attraction for peasant workers, who were already used to the necessity of participating in the cash economy. A 'scramble for workers' took place which involved, amongst others, the Rhodesia Native Labour Bureau, the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association, the Sena Sugar Estates, the Companhia da Zambezia, and the Companhia de Moçambique. By the beginning of the 1930s, the main patterns of labour migration from Tete to central and southern Africa had been established. Two types of labour migrant can be distinguished: contract labourers and independent migrants. The majority of the migrant workers tried to maintain their independence by 'working the system' and avoiding colonial controls. In the end, however, their choices were limited and structured by the colonial capitalist industries. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French, text in Italian. |