Rural communities in the Central African context: the Nkoya of Central Western Zambia

Author(s):
Binsbergen, W.M.J. van
Published
1983
Publication type
Part of book or chapter of book

Abstract

Nkoya is an ethnic and linguistic label applying to about 50,000 people inhabiting the wooded plateau of Central Western Zambia. The author discusses the valley as the effective rural community and the villages as the main constituent social units within the valley and finally indicates the place of Nkoya society within the context of Central Africa as a whole

AfricaRuralZambiaNkoyarural society
Date issued
1983
Language
English
Publisher
Paris: Dessain et Tolra
Is part of
Recueils de la Société Jean Bodin pour l'histoire comparative des institutions (1983), Pt. 40, p. 185-195
hdl
1887/8962