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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.
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