Somali nomads sought salaried work while cultivators shunned it
Evidence
Paradoxically, it was (and still is) precisely those clansmen of the nomadic areas who were least disposed to work on the land, because of their traditional contempt for cultivation, who were most anxious to obtain salaried employment. By contrast, the southern cultivating peoples, could, at this time certainly, satisfy most of their modest wants from the produce of their own fields and livestock without engaging in salaried employment except in time of scarcity and famine. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 270 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Somali nomads sought wage labour while riverine farmers avoided it; Nomads showed eagerness for salaried work despite despising cultivation. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 270; Generous contracts failed to overcome cultivators’ reluctance to leave home for wage work. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 270 (+1 more)
Related
- Nomads showed eagerness for salaried work despite despising cultivation. (similarity 0.95)
- Somali nomads sought wage labour while riverine farmers avoided it (similarity 0.95)
- Generous contracts failed to overcome cultivators’ reluctance to leave home for wage work. (similarity 0.90)
- Nomadism dominates Somali livelihood because the environment is harsh and arid (similarity 0.81)
- Harsh climate forces Somali pastoral nomads to move constantly for water and pasture (similarity 0.79)
- Somali pastoralists began adopting cultivation only within the past few generations (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Somali nomads sought wage labour while riverine farmers avoided it
#corroborates(0.95) - Nomads showed eagerness for salaried work despite despising cultivation.
#corroborates(0.90) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 270