In this, the first comprehensive study of the Tonga people in Zimbabwe, Pamela Reynolds focuses on children's work in a subsistence agricultural system, assessing how much work they do, the value of their work to their families and how it both limits their opportunities and fosters their personal growth and knowledge. Set in the context of the history of the Tonga people south of the Zambezi river and a discussion of their current position as a minority group in independent Zimbabwe, this is a study of social differentiation, particularly the impact of gender and age, and of the individual as a social agent. Based on extensive fieldwork among the Tonga, it avoids the usual trap of analyzing children's labour roles in isolation from social, economic and political factors.
- ISBN10 0862329329
- ISBN13 9780862329327
- Publish Date 1 February 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 May 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Zed Books Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 176
- Language English