Peasants, traders, and wives : Shona women in the history of Zimbabwe, 1870-1939

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Peasants, traders, and wives : Shona women in the history of Zimbabwe, 1870-1939

Elizabeth Schmidt

(Social history of Africa)

Heinemann , Baobab , J. Currey, 1992

  • Heinemann pbk.
  • James Currey pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index

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Dr. Schmidt argues that women were central to the formation of African peasantries in Rhodesia. Yet women's status declined over the course of the colonial period. As political mechanisms threatened the survival of peasant households, women's labor was intensified in the last ditch attempt to stave off the need for male labor migration.

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