Between Cultural Tradition and Change: the Bamilake-Tontine. Traditional Basis, Present Functioning and Social Control
The Bamileke of Cameroon are generally considered as one of Africa's economically well-adapted people. One of the factors in this process is unmistakably the adaptation of traditional savings and credit associations (ROSCA, tontine, Ntshwa) to the needs of the market economy. The basic principl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug
1993-09-01
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| Series: | Afrika Focus |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.ugent.be/AF/article/view/5775 |