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- Title
Death, Christianity, and African Miners: Contesting Indirect Rule in the Zambian Copperbelt, 1935-1962.
- Authors
Kalusa, Walima T.
- Abstract
The article discusses death ceremonies and ideas about death, morality, and burial in the region known as the Zambian Copperbelt, the copper mining area of Northern Rhodesia, or modern Zambia. It focuses on the period of 1925 to 1962, commenting on the British colonial policy of Indirect Rule through traditional African rulers and the growth of Christianity among mine workers. The author examines labor migration and the mines' ethnic and cultural diversity. Other topics include urbanization and the authority of traditional "tribal" elders.
- Subjects
ZAMBIA; AFRICA; UNITED Kingdom; COPPER mining; CHRISTIANITY; DEATH; ATTITUDES toward death; FUNERALS; ZAMBIAN history; BRITISH colonies; ZAMBIAN politics &; government, to 1964; COPPER miners; TRIBAL government; HISTORY; ADMINISTRATION of British colonies; COLONIAL Africa
- Publication
International Journal of African Historical Studies, 2011, Vol 44, Issue 1, p89
- ISSN
0361-7882
- Publication type
Article