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In 1947 a group of Yoruba-speaking fishermen who had been persecuted because of their religious beliefs founded their own community in order to worship in peace. Although located in an impoverished part of Nigeria, within a few years the village enjoyed remarkable economic success. This was partly because the fishermen held all goods in common, pooled the profits in the community treasury, and attempted to reduce the importance of the family and marriage. After about a generation the utopia began to fall apart. The early religious zeal faded, private enterprise replaced communalism, and the family became strong once more. In an attempt to explain the initial success and eventual decline of the utopia, the author compares it with neighbouring villages that embraced similar religious beliefs but did not enjoy the same economic success. He sets the problem firmly in a broad comparative framework and draws the implications for theories of development, especially Weber’s Protestant ethic thesis.
Collective settlements --- Yoruba (African people) --- Communal settlements --- Communistic settlements --- Communism --- Cooperation --- Socialism --- Collective farms --- Communal living --- Politics and government --- Religion --- UNSPECIFIED --- History & Archaeology --- Regions & Countries - Africa --- Yariba (African people) --- Yooba (African people) --- Yorubas --- Ethnology --- Sociology of the developing countries --- Economic conditions. Economic development --- Regional documentation --- Nigeria
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Developing countries: agricultural and food problems --- Tanzania --- Non-governmental organizations --- Rural development --- Ujamaa villages --- Ujamaa vijijini --- Villages, Ujamaa --- Collective settlements --- INGOs (International agencies) --- International non-governmental organizations --- NGOs (International agencies) --- Nongovernmental organizations --- Organizations, Non-governmental (International agencies) --- Private and voluntary organizations (International agencies) --- PVOs (International agencies) --- International agencies --- Nonprofit organizations --- Oxfam. --- Oxford Committee for Famine Relief --- O.X.F.A.M. --- OKSFAM --- Oxfam International --- Oxfam Internacional
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