ABSTRACT
The “Safari” accustomed the people to the periodic journeying and absence of their men. It trained the Native to work under the direction of White men and introduced him to wage labour and a supplementary source of income. The significance of the most recent labour movement in Northern Rhodesia lends itself to exaggeration both because of the speed of its development and the numbers of the men employed. Shrinkage of giving to the Church has been a concomitant to the new earning power of the people at the mines. Forecasts were made during the period of mine construction that a labour situation could eventually be expected approaching the Rand mines in numbers of men employed. When the Native Labour Recruiting Association was opened, access was further facilitated by the use of lorries for labour transport. Mission schools have to pay higher salaries to their teachers, higher prices for food, uniforms, housing, labour, building materials, equipment and transportation.
