The making of a periphery : economic development and cultural encounters in southern Tanzania / edited by Pekka Seppälä and Bertha Koda.

Papers presented at a seminar in September 1995 sponsored by the Nordic Africa Institute and IDS, University of Dar es Salaam.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Is culture in south-eastern Tanzania development-unfriendly? / J.A.R. Wembah-Rashid -- The saga of the Lindi-Kibiti road : political ramifications / S. Mesaki and J. Mwankusye -- Poverty reduction in Mtwara-Lindi 1972-1995 : a history of paradigm shifts / Timo Voipio -- The recovery of cashew production in southern Tanzania / Pekka Seppälä -- Villagers' perception of poverty : Kineng'ene village, Lindi district / Bernadeta Killian -- Notes on research on women and their strategies for sustained livelihood in southern Tanzania / Marja-Liisa Swantz -- Changing land tenure systems in the contemporary matrilineal social system : the gendered dimension / Bertha Koda -- The south-east economic backwater and the urban floating Wamachinga / E.P. Mihanjo and N.N. Luanda -- The informal sector in Lindi district / Pekka Seppälä -- Mystical forces and social relations in Makonde oral literature / A.A. Nangumbi -- Makonde carvings : cultural and symbolic aspects / Tore Saetersdal -- The role of knowledge(s) in the making of Mtwara and Lindi / Juhani Koponen -- Select bibliography on rural Mtwara and Lindi / Juhani Koponen.