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Book SynopsisTrade Review...[the book] is a triple celebration. * African Studies Review *
Overall the contributions to this volume provide an interesting, interdisciplinary series of snapshots, taken at different historical moements, of the area with which Colson's name will always be linked. -- Kate Crehan, 2008 * African Affairs *
Kenneth Vickery deserves much praise for persisting with this book project, whose coverage testifies to the historical and regional dynamics of the Tonga-speaking peoples and pays homage to Elizabeth Colson's outstanding scholarship, recognizing the importance of her rich, field research-based observations for generations to come. -- Karen Tranberg Hansen
Table of ContentsPart 1 List of Maps, Tables, and Figures Chapter 2 Introduction: Elizabeth Colson and Tonga Scholarship Chapter 3 Notes on the Precolonial HIstory of the Tonga, with Emphasis on the Upper River Gwembe and Vicotira Falls Areas Chapter 4 Spirits of the Land among the BanaMainga on the Shona-Tonga Frontier: Ethnohistory, Mythology, and Power in the Easternmost Gwembe Valley Chapter 5 Religious and Group Identity of the Tonga: An Examination of theLwiindi Festival Chapter 6 The Emergence of a Plateau Tonga Peasantry: Economic Change, 1890-1940 Chapter 7 The African National Congress' Anti-Federation Struggle in the Southern Province of the Northern Rhodesia, 1946-1957 Chapter 8 The State, Rural Class Formation and Peasant Political Participation in Zambia: the Case of Southern Province Chapter 9 Contemporary Tonga Urban Diviners Chapter 10 Adolescents and Individuality in a Zimbabwean Tonga Community Chapter 11 Gendered Support Strategies of the Elderly in the Gwembe Valley, Zambia Chapter 12 Famine and Hunger in the History of the Gwembe Valley, Zambia, c. 1850-1958 Chapter 13 Marginalization and Response: Lingering Effects of the Kariba Dam Project in Zimbabwe Chapter 14 Effects of Resettlement on the Growth and Physical Status of Gwembe Valley Tonga Children: A Biocultural Analysis Chapter 15 A History of Development and Downturn in Zambia's Gwembe Valley: 1901-2002 Chapter 16 Biases: Place, Time, Stance Part 17 Index Part 18 Contributors
