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Title: | A model of production, distribution and redistribution for Chigoneka |
Author: | Chipeta, W. |
Year: | 1974 |
Periodical: | Eastern Africa Journal of Rural Development |
Volume: | 7 |
Issue: | 1-2 |
Pages: | 237-246 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Malawi |
Subjects: | self-help farms |
Abstract: | Chigoneka refers to an indigenous form of cooperation where farm operations are done in two parts, on the first day and in the afternoon by close kinsmen and on the second day by all members of a cooperative group who are able to turn up. It also refers to hired and beer paid labour where again the task is done in two parts. Cooperative workers consume gruel as refreshment. This practice has been reported and studied in the Mzimba District of Malawi whose people belong to the Ngoni and Tumbuka. What makes chigoneka of interest is not the mere fact that each farm task is done over a period of two days. Even under other types of cooperation some tasks involve two days of labour. In the case of chigoneka, the work done on the first day is not technically related to that done on the second day, so that the only reason why it is undertaken is to increase the total amount of work performed. In this paper an attempt is made to develop a model which can be used to explain the determination of the amount of work done on each day and the amount of payment and refreshment. Bibl., note. |