They are small holding farmers largely inhabiting small communal villages.
The agricultural economy shifted gradually from communal village to a more efficient private farm-based agriculture.
In 1975 many towns that had previously been large communal villages were incorporated as cities.
It was founded in 1960 as a youth center and became a communal village in 1998.
Beginning in 1967, Tanzanians were encouraged to reorganise themselves into communal villages where they would work the fields together for the good of the nation.
Another similarity between the 2 movements is the organisation of followers or members into large communal villages.
Every so often an incident reminds the public of the communal village that lasted from 1790 to 1914.
It forced the rural populace to move into central communal villages, the aldeamentos.
I never wanted to leave my old residence and come to the communal village.
Inside the communal village we lived like pigs.