Women, Migration & the Cashew Economy in Southern Mozambique 1945-1975

• Huvudskapare: Penvenne, Jeanne Marie (auth)
• Materialtyp: Elektronisk Bokavsnitt
• Språk: portugisiska
• Publicerad: Woodbridge Boydell & Brewer 2015
• Ämnen: African history; Sociology: work & labour; Colonialism & imperialism; feminism
• Länkar: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Analyses the lives and livelihoods of the female cashew shellers in Mozambique's capital in the colonial era, during which the industry grew to be a major export, and relates how the women played a fundamental, but previously underappreciated, role in the colony's economy. JOINT RUNNER-UP...