Women, Migration & the Cashew Economy in Southern Mozambique 1945-1975

Women, Migration & the Cashew Economy in Southern Mozambique 1945-1975
ISBN-10
1847011284
ISBN-13
9781847011282
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
303
Language
English
Published
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer
Author
Jeanne Penvenne

Description

Analyses the lives and livelihoods of the female cashew shellers in Mozambique's capital in the colonial era, during which the industry grew to be a major export, and relates how the women played a fundamental, but previously underappreciated, role in the colony's economy.

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