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Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities
The fieldwork this thesis was carried out between the 8th December, 1962 and the 28th February, 1963 - an unusually short period by modern anthropological standards. The brevity of my intensive field being Xhosa-speaking, I had a previous knowledge of the two villages. As a small boy, I grew up in o...
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| author | Mafeje, Archie |
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| description | The fieldwork this thesis was carried out between the 8th December, 1962 and the 28th February, 1963 - an unusually short period by modern anthropological standards. The brevity of my intensive field being Xhosa-speaking, I had a previous knowledge of the two villages. As a small boy, I grew up in one of them (Gubenxa) and, as a student in the secondary school, travelled through the second one (All Saints) repeatedly. So I did not only have a fair idea about the: social system of the two villages, but also knew individual persons in them. This factor plus the fact that in both cases I was accommodated in the heart of the village added to the facility with which I was absorbed into the village life. I was with the villagers from dawn to midnight as a participant observer. My communication with them was direct, and this was enhanced by the fact that I spoke the same language as they and I had an adequate understanding of their cul¬tural background. My research techniques included attendance and observance of the different activities that took place in the village e.g. church assemblies, funeral or commemoration services, meetings at the head¬man's place, meetings of the various committees and recreational clubs, work-parties, bear-drinks, dances, women's gossip groups, and so on. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/19416 Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities Mafeje, Archie Wilson, Monica Carstens, Peter Social Anthropology The fieldwork this thesis was carried out between the 8th December, 1962 and the 28th February, 1963 - an unusually short period by modern anthropological standards. The brevity of my intensive field being Xhosa-speaking, I had a previous knowledge of the two villages. As a small boy, I grew up in one of them (Gubenxa) and, as a student in the secondary school, travelled through the second one (All Saints) repeatedly. So I did not only have a fair idea about the: social system of the two villages, but also knew individual persons in them. This factor plus the fact that in both cases I was accommodated in the heart of the village added to the facility with which I was absorbed into the village life. I was with the villagers from dawn to midnight as a participant observer. My communication with them was direct, and this was enhanced by the fact that I spoke the same language as they and I had an adequate understanding of their cul¬tural background. My research techniques included attendance and observance of the different activities that took place in the village e.g. church assemblies, funeral or commemoration services, meetings at the head¬man's place, meetings of the various committees and recreational clubs, work-parties, bear-drinks, dances, women's gossip groups, and so on. 2016-05-04T12:46:29Z 2016-05-04T12:46:29Z 1963 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19416 eng application/pdf Social Anthropology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Social Anthropology Mafeje, Archie Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities |
| title_full | Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities |
| title_fullStr | Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities |
| title_short | Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities |
| title_sort | leadership and change a study of two south african peasant communities |
| topic | Social Anthropology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19416 |
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