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Title:Kazi: Conceptualization of Labor in a Charismatic Movement among Swahili-Speaking Workers
Author:Fabian, Johannes
Year:1973
Periodical:Cahiers d'études africaines
Volume:13
Issue:50
Pages:293-325
Language:English
Geographic term:Congo (Democratic Republic of)
Subjects:Swahili
African Independent Churches
black workers
Religion and Witchcraft
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Labor and Employment
External link:https://doi.org/10.3406/cea.1973.2713
Abstract:Socio-semantic study of the concept of 'labor' (kazi) among the members of the religious movement known as the Jamaa (Swahili for 'family'). The Jamaa movement, founded by Placide Tempels, first became recognized as such in the early 50s at Ruwe (Kolwezi). At the time of the author's fieldwork in 1966-67, the Jamaa had spread beyond Katanga, mainly into the Kasai region. In the introduction the author criticizes the classic approaches to the study of the adaptation of Africans to paid labor in the regions under industrial development. Central problem: what is the linguistic evidence for the incorporation of an African worker's experience in the doctrine of a charismatic movement and what are the possibilities and limitations of a sociolinguistic interpretation of religious language with regard to the overall process of the formation of an African labor consciousness? Swahili texts with translation, commentary and semantic analysis, Notes, ref., French summary.
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