Tropicultura (Jan 1989)
Le travail en groupe : force du futur développement des paysans de la zone de Wamba au Zaïre
Abstract
Group working a force for countrymen's development in Wamba area, Zaire. This subject describes countrymen's organization of work in the township of Wamba in Zaire. Faced to the care of coffee plantations the countrymen appeal to traditional solidarity, forming a three, five, ten... group of men to work together. These groups are so organized that there is a rule about the duration of work, the taking turn in every member's field and penalties to those who don't respect the rules. A part from these groups of workers called Dynamic Mongapete, we join Likelemba which consists to giving a fixed number of coffee sacks to one member of the group in order to fulfil a plan made by the group in advance. So both Dynamic Mongapete and Likelemba increase coffee incomes, transform the structure of villages and tend to supplant waged workmanship. Unfortunately the Dynamic Mongapete is still confined to coffee plantations and supplies only individual interest. If it were introduced in the fulfilment of common development project and in subsistencial agriculture, then it would constitute a powerful method of production in Wamba township.
