The Ecology of the Gwembe Tonga |
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Contents
CHAP | 1 |
CHAP PAGE | 8 |
LIST OF PLATES | 22 |
AGRICULTURE | 30 |
Ploughs in Gwembe District | 33 |
PLATE facing page | 36 |
Breakdown of Garden Types Cultivated by Married | 38 |
a Zambeziflooded sorghum in Alluvium II unda | 42 |
Gwembe District Population Estimates from 1949 | 135 |
OTHER ASPECTS OF THE SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY | 161 |
DK Livestock in Mazulu Village Population 129 during | 163 |
Gwembe District Cattle Figures | 170 |
Animal Predators | 176 |
Stock Ownership in Three Chipepo Neighbourhoods | 178 |
Ritual and Animal Husbandry | 188 |
a Herding cattle and small stock through mopane wood | 188 |
CHAP PAGE | 48 |
CHAP PAGE | 60 |
Source of Alluvium III Kuti and Jelele in Four River | 67 |
Root Crops | 84 |
CHAP PAGE | 95 |
POPULATION AND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS | 130 |
Check List of Valley Tonga Fishing Devices | 190 |
Check List of Valley Tonga Hunting Techniques 198199 | 198 |
Gathering | 201 |
Mealtime Relishes gathered in the Middle River Region | 204 |
THE PROBLEM OF FAMINE IN THE GwBMBE VALLEY | 215 |
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acres activities agricultural alluvial Alluvium Alluvium II animals annual areas associated bank basangu beer birds bush carried cash cattle cent cereal ceremony CHEZIA Chieftaincy claimed cleared close crop cultivated deposits dry season especially example expect famine fertile flood four gardens Government grain ground Gwembe harvest herds holdings homestead important increase individuals initiated involved jelele Karroo kuti labour land latter least leaves less lineage living lower maize major Mazulu Middle River region miles millet MIYAKA moved neighbourhood Northern observed occur owners past period planted Plateau plough population portion possible prior probably protection rains rainy season received recent relish reported residents result Rhodesian ritual seed shrine sikatongo small stock soils sorghum Table temwa throughout tobacco tributary tsetse types unda Upland Valley Valley Tonga village weed wives women yields Zambezi zone