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Small change: individual farm work and collective life in a western Nigerian savanna town, 1969–88

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Jane I. Guyer
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Une comparaison de données du ‘Western Nigeria’ (la région Yoruba) de 1968/69 et de 1988 indique que les methodes et organisations de travail des petits fermiers mâles sont restées pratiquement inchangées dans la masse globale de travail ainsi qu'en ce qui concerne le travail par tâche particulière. Ce constat paraissait surprenant, étant donné qué la région étudiée se trouve dans l'arrière-pays producteur de vivres des villes Ibadan, Lagos, Abeokuta à croissance rapide. L'agriculture a changé de plusiers façons réagissant à la demande plus grande des villes et aux moyens de transport améliorés, y compris en augmentant la taille et l'envergure des fermes des fermiers mâles. D'autres formes de récoltes, une plus grande utilisation de main d'œuvre payé et une productivité légèrement accrue ne semblent etre responsable qu'en partie pour cet état de choses. Une analyse des donnees du travail en termes d'organisation du temps, plutôt qu'en termes de temps tout court, indique que les fermiers tendent à consacrer des périodes plus longues de journées consécutives à la même tâche, et ceci est lié à son tour à la réorganisation frappante de la vie cérémoniale traditionelle et à la vie politique et d'association, intensifiée pendant les weekends.

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Africa , Volume 62 , Issue 4 , October 1992 , pp. 465 - 489
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Copyright © International African Institute 1992

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