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Cutting Down Trees: Gender, Nutrition and Agricultural Change in Northern Province, Zambia, 1890-1990 (Social History of Africa)
Cutting Down Trees Gender Nutrition and Agricultural Change in Northern Province Zambia 18901990 - Social History of Africa Author:Henrietta L. Moore, Megan Vaughan In part this book is a reconstruction of an African agricultural system over one hundred years; in part it is an examination of the construction of knowledge about a rural African people. The first half of the book focuses on the "chitemene" agricultural system of the Bemba known as "slash and burn". The authors show that "chitemene" involves a ... more »great deal more than the cutting and burning of trees. The second half addresses the question of labour migration and its effects on the agricultural production of the area, re-visiting the colonial debate with new evidence.« less