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National archives of Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi (general)

Literature › Primary sources

Kind state archives
Producer Regional governments
Coverage 1890-1978
Works using it 5

Debates

Debate Works
The mine migrant labour system: origins, recruitment, foreign labour and stabilisation 3
Agrarian transition to capitalism and the fate of the African peasantry 1
Farm labour: mechanisation, labour shedding, wages and labour control 1
Historiographical approaches 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Dinkelman and Mariotti (2014) Colonial documents: Governor's Memorandum on Labor Migrancy in Malawi (1956) and Provincial Office Memo (7 Dec 1961); Government of Nyasaland 1961 Aide Memoire on WNLA activities, Provincial Reports PCN1-21-16 1956-1961 Documents the procedure and costs of obtaining a mine job via WNLA stations.
Dinkelman and Mariotti (2014) Historical administrative records on locations of WNLA recruiting stations by 1937 (by district and Traditional Authority) pre-1937 Constructs the pre-determined measure of migration costs (number of stations, any-station indicator) defining high and low shock exposure.
Lucas (1987a) Botswana National Archives, Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Agriculture, University Library 1946-1978 Locations where Botswana data series were found for the time-series model.
Lucas (1987a) Lesotho National Archives and Bureau of Statistics 1946-1978 Source of Lesotho data on miners, wages and crops (crop data only for occasional years in colonial period).
Lucas (1987a) Malawi National Archive Library, National Statistical Office, University Library at Zomba 1946-1978 Source of Malawi series on recruits, quotas, estate labor, tobacco growers, maize sales, fertilizer, ADMARC purchases.
Lucas (1987b) National archives and libraries visited in Botswana, Lesotho and Malawi 1946-1978 Archival and library holdings in the three countries were searched to locate the data series used in the model.
McCann (2001) Lesotho National Archives records on pellagra and kwashiorkor, via Tsikoane (1996) PhD post-WWII, 1900-1980 Supports the claim that pellagra and kwashiorkor rose with maize's share in the diet.
Murray (2006) Basutoland/Lesotho government archives held at the National University of Lesotho (consulted early 1990s) c. 1890-1940 Official records form the main written base of the study, though the reviewer says their poor condition means the real situation is worse than Maloka states.