Was the wage burden too heavy? - Settler farming, wages and the profitability of settler agriculture in colonial Malawi, c 1900-1960
The historical role of European farming in southern and central Africa is a delicate matter that has received a great deal of attention among scholars over the years. Going through this vast literature a striking consensus emerges: success or failure of European farming in southern Africa was to a large extent depending on their access and control over labour. These propositions have so far never
