ABSTRACT

TheHayapeoplehavebeenthesubjectofresearchdiscoursessincethe expeditionsofBurton,SpekeandStanleyinthelatenineteenthcentury andtheethnographyoffatherCesardintheearlyyearsofthiscentury. CoryandHartnollcodifiedHayacustomsintheirvoluminousworkinthe 1940srepublishedin1971.MostrecentlyAnnaTibaijukaand MagdelenaNgaizahavecarriedoutdetailedresearch.Myempirical fmdingsaresimilartothoseofTibaijukaandNgaizabutIinvestigated anevenmoreextensivenetworkofcommodityrelationsatthevillage level.Villageproductionsatisfiedalmostallthelocaldemandforgoods andservicesatthebeginningofthe1990sbutwithtradeliberalization andincreasingforeigninvestmentinthelateninetiesthesituationmay bechanging:thisisatopicthatneedstoberesearched.