Rural Society and Cotton in Colonial Zaire

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Index Abarambo (people), 35 Adala, 76 Africa, 75, 83, 92; precolonial and colonial, 102 African initiative literature, 108, 139, 143n4 African patriarchy, 102 African police, 5 agricultural exhibits, 61, 67-68 agricultural tasks, allocation of, 7 agricultural technology, 4, 13 agronomists, 7, 35-37, 44, 48, 52-53, 56, 6061 ,67-68,92,108,115-16,131, 162n38 Aketi, 130 Allen Long Staple, 14, 37 Alur (people), 38, 79, 103-4, 112, 115; household, 39 Amadi, 22, 77, 79 Amsterdam, 77 Angola, 128, 153n61 Anioto, 127, 130, 133 Antwerp, 16; market, 73 Apalanga, 158n12 Austria, 86 autonomy, 41-3, 74, 109, 125-27, 131, 133, 135, 137, 139 Avance provisionnelle, 6, 72, 86-87 Awayawaya, 70 Azande, 38-9, 77, 98, 115-16, 119, 125; Azande region, 122; tax defaulters, 59; women, 56, 60 Babaliland, 130 Babua (people), 31 Bafuka,76 Bafwasende, 22, 24 Bakengai chiefdom, 122 Bambesa, 28, 56, 61, 138, 149n69; station, 37 Bambili, prison in, 55 Banalia,22 Banguma, Chief, 94 Banza Nzoloko Lekoymani, 100 Banzyville, 110-11, 129 Bapaenge, 127, 164n90 bareme de prix, 6, 72, 80, 83 barter, 5, 17, 72-73, 135 Basoko,22 Bauer, 79 Belgium, 87, 89 Bena Shimba chiefdom, 115 Bena Tshiofa, 97 Berger, J., 72 Bertrand, A., 18,33, 119 big boll, 37 Bili Region, 117 Biodi, 55 Bitima (subchief), 113 Blommaert, V., 14,94, 116 Boa cotton producers, 79, 130, 133 Bobwandera, 113 Boemi chiefdom's records, 56 Bokapo chiefdom, 109, 124 Bokoyo,55 Bomokandi, 20 Bondo, 24, 96, 116 Bosobolo, 110-12 Boula-Matari,98 183 184 Brazil, 8 Brenez,109 brideprice, 11 brideservice, 21 Bukama,23 Bunge, S. A., 20, 154nlO Buta, 28, 40, 63, 65-66, 81; Prison, 56 buying license, 23 Caisse de Reserve Cotonniere, 81, 83, 87, 89 calculated silence, 8, 108, 137 Capitas Vendeurs, 99 cash crops, 6, 18, 25, 40 center-periphery dichotomy, 6, 8, 90, 139 centimes additionnelles, 96 Central African Republic, 112 Chicote,54 chiefs, 6-9, 10, 13-14, 26-27, 34-36, 45, 48, 51-52,55,57, 62-63, 68, 79, 90, 93-94, 96- 98, 101, 107-8, 110, 113, 116, 12324 , 127, 130, 133, 136, 138, 144nll; Azande chiefs, 158n12; chiefs in Maniema , 95; chiefs in Uele, 95; differentiation between chiefs and peasants, 92; incomes, 91; Mangbetu chiefs in Niangara , 117; state-appointed chiefs, 5 climate variations, 13 closed associations, 10, 109, 126, 137 Cogerco, 83, 87, 89 Cokwe (people), 34 Comite Cotonnier Congolais, 75, 80, 82 Comite de Gerance du Fonds Cotonnier, 81 commandant, 68 commodities, 3-4; production, 6 Compagnie Commerciale Belgo-Africaine (Combelga), 20, 22 Compagnie Cotonniere Coloniale (Colocoton ), 20, 22, 26,95, 114 Compagnie Cotonniere Congolaise (Cotonco), 17, 20-21, 22-23, 49, 53, 55, 60, 74, 77, 80, 82, 85, 89, 95, 106, 114, 121 Compagnie Cotonniere du Tanganyika (Cotanga), 20, 22, 36, 49, 84-5, 156n49 Compagnie cotonniere Equatoriale Francaise , 156nSO Compagnie de Lubilashi, 20, 23 Compagnie du Chemin de Fer du Congo Superieur aux Grands Lacs Africains (CFL),17 Index Compagnie du Congo pour Ie Commerce et l'Industrie, 154nlO Compagnie du Haut-Oubangui, 156nSO Compagnie du Luisa, 20 Compagnie generaIe des cotons de I'Angola, 156nSO competition, 74-75; for wives, 100 Comptoir Colonial Belgika, 22 Comptoir des Ventes des Cotons Congolais (Convenco), 80, 87, 85-86, 89 concession system, 13, 17-19; concessions, 16, 18,21-23,26,36,39,95; grant of, 12 Coperus, C., 117 copper, 23, 25-26; mining, 13 Corbion,38 Cotonniere du Bomokandi, 84-85 Cotonniere du Nepoko (Contonepo), 20, 84-5, 156n49 cotton: festivals, 61, 63, 67-68; free zones, 26, 85; messengers, 52; monitors, 7-8, 26, 36, 44, 47-48, 50-51, 53, 67, 69,97, 11~124,131, 133,138;zone~14,1~20, 39,40,44,49, 74,80-81,98, 103, 114, 126-28, 135 cotton agriculture, 7 cotton companies, 5, 6, 9, 18,20-21,26, 34-35, 45, 47-48, 50-51, 57-58, 60-63, 68, 71, 74-80,82-86,91-95, 106-7, 110, 116, 120-21, 132-33, 135, 136, 137, 13839 ; operating costs, 81; payrolls, 49 cotton cooperatives, 39, 87 Couturier, J., 20 crop rotations, 37, 39-40, 62, 137 culture of fear, 111 Cultures obligatories, 145n3 dances, 63 Dejong, E., 31 DeKoster, L., 101 De Meulemeester, 109 Development theory, 143n4; economic, 71 diamond, 25 differentiation, 100, 106-7, 126; in resource accumulation, 105; in resources control and access, 103 Dika chiefdom, 121 Dilolo, 23, 26 Dimbelenge, 23...