| dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines the way in which two exogenous
institutions, Church and State, have influenced both the development
and the underdevelopment of Uwanda, a remote area of South Western
Tanzania. It is concerned with the strategies and policies of both
of these institutions as applied in concreto, and the responses of,
and the initiatives taken, by the anda people to resist these alien
incursions. As such, it is an empirical micro-study of the politics
of interaction and confrontation between the rural masses, the
colonial administration and the Catholic mission of Uwanda. It
exposes the mechanisms employed to subject a population to alien
domination, and the alliances of convenience between the mission and
the colonial authorities intended to impose mutually beneficial
political and cultural hegemony. The impact of these policies is
related to the impoverishment and backwardness of the area, labour
migrancy, the decline of local crafts, the seizure of negotiable
assets and the increased vulnerability to drought and natural
disasters. | en |
