Town and Country in Central and Eastern Africa: Studies Presented and Discussed at the Twelfth International African Seminar, Lusaka, September 1972 [Paperback]

Originally published in 1975, the studies in this volume examine the range of factors which mediate the development of social processes in both town and country: as well as migration there is the ebb and flow of beliefs, ideologies and educational and occupational opportunities. It considers the fundamental economic and political bases of migrations in the form of colonialism or multi-national controls of various kinds, international commodity markets of supply and demand, and the distinct development policies adopted by independent governments. The editors introduction discusses old and new models of migration; the origins of rural inequalities in development; the degree of continuity of language and belief systems between town and country and the persistence of rural links in urban settlements.

Part 1: Introduction David Parkin Part 2: Special Studies Models of Migration 1. Factors in Rural Male Absenteeism in Rhodesia J. C. Mitchell 2. Circulatory Migration in Rhodesia: Towards a Decision Model G. Kingsley Garbett 3. The Evolving Phenomena of Migration and Urbanization in Central Africa: A Zambian Case Patrick O. Ohadike 4. Migration, Settlement and the Politics of Unemployment: A Nairobi Case Study Part 2: Migration and Rural Development 1. Notes on Migration in Uganda Tibamanya mwene Mushanga 2. Inter-Rural Migration and East African Rural Development Victor C. Uchendu 3. Controllers in Rural Tanzania H. U. E. Thoden van Velzen 4. New Economic Relationships Between the Gwembe Valley and the Line of Rail Elizabeth Colson and T. Scudder Part 2: The Rural-Urban Flow of Language, Belief and Educational Opportunity 1. Continuity and Change in Kiganda Relision in UrbalSA