Sunday, May 25, 2025

CLASSLESS COMMUNITIES THAT ELDERS LEAD


THE TRADERS COME UPON THE SENUFO, WHO STRETCH ACROSS THE SAVANNAH FROM WESTERN MALI TO BURKINO FASO 

Senufo languages / zoom

They are subsistence farmers...

Whose social system is based on collective ownership and use of the land. It is organized through lineages, whose elders monopolize the exchanges that pay fines and dowries.

Such an organization is totally opposed to the individual search for profit.*

*For photos of Senufo society now, please click here and here

Lineage elders send young members to fetch the kola.
 Being in direct contact with the merchants
 strengthens them at first. 

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