| 单词 | manamba work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmanamba work 1. An indentured labourer or low-paid manual worker, esp. a migrant worker on a sisal plantation; (with plural agreement) such people collectively. Also used as a modifier, as in manamba system, manamba work, etc. ΚΠ 1959 Council Deb.: Official Rep. (Tanganyika Legislative Council) 34 108 These people move from Mozambique..and they meet recruiting agents who get £1 per head of Manamba from the recruiting organization... It is also a common sight..to find Manamba men, women and children carrying heavy loads on their heads..to their places of employment or camps. 1973 G. S. Haule in J. Iliffe Mod. Tanzanians viii. 161 He travelled to Tanga in the same year [sc. 1919] together with a group of manamba who included Karlo, his cousin. 2014 Citizen (Tanzania) (Nexis) 25 May ‘I came to Tanzania from Burundi in 1958 to work as a manamba’..says Yakobo employed as a sisal cutter at Pangawe Sisal Estate. < as lemmas |
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