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This 3 page paper discusses the lives of women traders in Lusaka, Zambia; why they come to the city; how they adjust to urban life; and why their "town born daughters" are considered "transitional personalities." Bibliography lists 1 source.
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come to the city; how they adjust to urban life; and why their "town born daughters" are considered "transitional personalities." Migration When Zambia gained its independence from Great Britain in
1964, the countrys citizens believed that they would soon enjoy "what they called the fruits of independence" (Schuster, 1982, p. 107). Anticipating a better life, they named their new currency
"kwacha" which means "dawn," and many of them began migrating to the capital city of Lusaka, which was fast becoming "a symbol of the new-found freedom that was to come
at the end of the yoke of colonial oppression" (Schuster, 1982, p. 107). Lusaka never had a huge population imbalance, but there were still substantially more men than women
in the city; however, as people moved into the city from the villages, the gender imbalance "gradually corrected as year by year women migrated from the rural areas and from
other Zambian cities to Lusaka" (Schuster, 1982, p. 107). What at first seemed desirable soon was fraught with problems. By the mid-1970s, "the population of the city had nearly doubled
to half a million," a number that included an "unprecedented number of women and dependent children" (Schuster, 1982, p. 107). This huge influx of women, many of whom had no
skills suited to their new environment, meant huge changes for the socioeconomic system; in particular, it meant that "there were too many women intending to stay in town form them
to be accommodated in previously familiar ways" (Schuster, 1982, p. 107). Adjustment to Urban Living There are few ways for women to make a living in Lusaka; previously, a usual
arrangement was for a woman to enter into a sort of "marriage" with a man who would provide shelter, clothing and food for her and any children they had in
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