The Swahili-Speaking Peoples of Zanzibar and the East African Coast (Arabs, Shirazi and Swahili) by A. H. J. Prins

Author:A. H. J. Prins [Prins, A. H. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781138233157
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

DIVISION OF LABOUR

There is a generally agreed division of labour between the sexes. On the whole the men are exclusively engaged in fishing with implements, whereas women (and children) catch fish with their bare hands. Collection of sea and land produce is done by both sexes. Any activity involving boats is men’s work, whereas women fetch water (a laborious task) and engage in domestic duties. All members of the society do agricultural work, often co-operating in the same task, as, e.g., both planting and reaping. Most crafts, e.g., cord-making and wood working, are men’s work; in other crafts (e.g., plaiting) women share. Women and children tend the flocks: women milk goats and sheep, but the care of cattle is men’s work.

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