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Title: | Beyond Remittances: The Redistribution of Cash in Swazi Society |
Author: | Russell, Margo |
Year: | 1984 |
Periodical: | Journal of Modern African Studies |
Volume: | 22 |
Issue: | 4 |
Period: | December |
Pages: | 595-615 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Swaziland - Eswatini |
Subjects: | household income kinship household budget Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Economics and Trade |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/160387 |
Abstract: | The unwritten rules for the distribution of money differ from one society to another. This article examines some reported practices in the redistribution of earnings and other cash in Swaziland. It arises out of a reading of transcriptions of 118 recorded interviews, 49 with wage-earners conducted at their place of work, and 69 with earners or their dependents in the rural areas. These wide-ranging interviews covered many topics besides the giving and receiving of sums of money between kinsmen. From this evidence the author attempts to spell out the detailed nature of these rules. - Notes. |