Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities

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dc.contributor.advisorWilson, Monicaen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorCarstens, Peteren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMafeje, Archieen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-04T12:46:29Z
dc.date.available2016-05-04T12:46:29Z
dc.date.issued1963en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMafeje, A. (1963). <i>Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19416en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMafeje, Archie. <i>"Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 1963. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19416en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMafeje, A. 1963. Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mafeje, Archie AB - 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. DA - 1963 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1963 T1 - Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities TI - Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19416 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19416
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMafeje A. Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 1963 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19416en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSocial Anthropologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSocial Anthropologyen_ZA
dc.titleLeadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communitiesen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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