Food, Cocoa, and the Division of Labour by Sex in Two West African Societies
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| ANO | 1980 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Comparative Studies in Society and History |
| ISSN | 0010-4175 |
| E-ISSN | 1475-2999 |
| EDITORA | Elsevier (Netherlands) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0010417500009397 |
| CITAÇÕES | 12 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
| MD5 |
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Resumo
This paper is an empirical study of the cultural context and historical development of the division of labour by sex in the farming systems of two peoples of the West African cocoa belt: the Yoruba of Western Nigeria and the Beti of South-Central Cameroun. It examines the way in which cocoa as an export crop has been integrated into two different indigenous economies, one in which farming was predominantly a set of tasks for males in the pre-cocoa era, and the other in which farming was women's work.