Rural communities in the Central African context : the Nkoya of Central Western Zambia
| Title | Rural communities in the Central African context : the Nkoya of Central Western Zambia |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 1983 |
| Authors | W.M.J. van Binsbergen |
| Secondary Title | Rural communities : first part : societies without writing (Africa - America - Europe) |
| Pagination | 185 - 195 |
| Date Published | 1983/// |
| Publisher | Dessain et Tolra. - (Recueils de la Société Jean Bodin pour l'histoire comparative des institutions ; 40) |
| Place Published | Paris |
| Publication Language | eng |
| Keywords | Africa, Nkoya, Rural, rural society, Zambia |
| Abstract | Nkoya is an ethnic and linguistic label applying to about 50,000 people inhabiting the wooded plateau of Central Western Zambia. The author discusses the valley as the effective rural community and the villages as the main constituent social units within the valley and finally indicates the place of Nkoya society within the context of Central Africa as a whole |
| IR handle/ Full text URL | http://hdl.handle.net/1887/8962 |
| Citation Key | 1503 |