Nachituti's Gift: Economy, Society, and Environment in Central Africa

Index

291 abacanuma (family behind the king), 37, 38, 40 abakankâla (big men), 20, 86–89; as capitalists , 98–100; church membership and, 108–9; ulupwa families and, 191, 195; witchcraft allegations, 110, 195 abanonshi (those who travel to receive remuneration), 87; chisense fishing and, 177, 178; church membership and, 106, 109; as “greedy,” 194; kinship and, 189; migrant laborers, 95; witchcraft accusations, 195 Abatwa, 12 access to resources: clans-based tenure systems and, 18; cultivated agricultural land, 59, 144; “open access” regimes, 6–7, 176, 196; ownership and control of, 52 adultery. See infidelity, marital African Fisheries and Marketers Union (AFMU), 152 African Lakes Corporation, 94 African National Congress, 131 agriculture: access to cultivated land, 59, 144; cassava, 12, 56–59, 101, 144, 188; crops cultivated, 12, 56; vs.fishing , 51; market controls, 151; nutrient level increase in Lake Mweru and, 174; trade in agricultural commodities, 88; as women’s domain , 56 anthropology: historical anthropology, 29; perspectives on property, 9–10 aristocrats: agency of, 35; amayanga colonies and, 41–43, 45; Kazembe network of, 36–42; matrilineality and, 37; as “owners” of the king, 30, 35 Arnot, Frederick Stanley, 104 Association des Péchers du Zaire (Apeza), 157 autochthones: vs. conquerors, 13–14; intermarriage with the conquering people, 59–60; as owners of land and lagoons, 30–31; political alliances with conquerors, 14–15. See also specific peoples bamunyama (vampire men), 73, 107, 114–15 Baptista, P., 13 Bates Robert, 180 beer, 57 Belgian Congo: chiefs and, 63–64, 68– 69; conservation and fishing regulations in, 124–25; economic policies, 89–91; “paternalism,” 65–66, 124, 131–32; trade administration during , 93 Belinga, Samuel Eno, 10 Berry, Sara, 7–8, 17 “big men” (abakankâla), 20, 54–55, 86–89, 98–100, 109, 191, 195 “big women,” 88–89, 102, 188, 193–96, 198 Bisa, 36 Booth, Harold, 94 boundaries, narratives and definition of, 45, 50–51 index British South Africa Company (BSAC), 16, 60–61, 63, 69–70, 73, 89–90; chieftaincies and, 64, 71; regulations imposed by, 70 Bromley, Daniel, 8–9 burial rituals and ceremonies, 27–28 Bwilile, 12, 15, 32, 44 Campbell, Dugald, 47, 104, 109 Cancel, Robert, 29 capitalism, 4; commons in context of, 9; economic development theories and, 23; property systems and, 199– 201; shift to, 98–100 cassava, 12, 56–59, 144, 188; fish trade and, 101, 190 Central African Federation, 129, 130 Cernea, Michael, 8–9 Chama, Grace, 160 Chani Fisheries (Tamba Bashila), 158, 164, 165 Chasekwa, Lista Kanokelya (Bana Kasali ), 181–82, 193 chiefs: challenges to authority, 69, 79, 84–85; chieftaincy as colonial institution , 5, 16, 64–65, 69, 74–75, 79, 82, 84, 139; colonialism and consolidation and centralization of authority of, 63–64; “double articulation” and role of, 72–73; Kazembe Kingdom and network of authority, 69– 71, 84; levies and tribute payments demanded by, 163–64; as mediators with colonial regime, 68; Native Treasuries and taxation as responsibility of, 67–86; vs. “owners” of lands and lagoons, 81–82; regulation enforcement by, 17, 124–25, 129–31, 139, 165–66; as resource managers, 5, 16, 63–64, 72, 75, 79, 124–25, 130–31, 139–40; witchfinding and, 109–10 Chifukula Lagoon, 52 children: education of, 100, 101, 170, 181, 182, 189–90; as labor force, 172, 192; as women’s investment and wealth, 172–73, 188, 190–91, 192, 194, 198 Chiluba, Frederick, 158, 168 Chimbofuma Bay and Lagoon, 146. See also Mifimbo Chiputa, Titus, 96–97 Chisakula, Moses, 107 Chisakula, Paul Kapasa, 59–60, 99, 107, 158, 166–67, 191 Chisenga, Bunda, 130, 152 Chisenga, Gerald, 107 Chisenga Island, 11, 45, 50, 52, 60, 70, 146 chisense (Poecilothrissa moeruensis): access to, 18, 197; biomass ratios, 174; as commercial fishery, 5, 171, 178; economic development plans and, 178; economic value of fishery, 175, 177, 197; fishing methods, 52, 175; habitat of, 175; life cycle of, 173, 174, 181; male investment in fishing operations , 183; natural predators and, 173; open access, 197; operations pictured, 184–87; processing of, 179, 185; productivity of fishery, 174–75, 196; profitability of, 178, 196–97; resilience despite intense fishing pressures,172–73,174;seasonaland monthly variations in availability, 181; small-scale fishing operations and, 22–23, 170, 175; social relationships and, 22–23; traditional fishing methods, 175; as “tragedy of the commons,” 197, 201; women and fishing operations, 197–98; women as fishing entrepreneurs, 21, 181–82, 190 Chishinga, 77, 79 Chitimukulu (Bemba Paramount...