No, I remember reading it. There is a lot of niche knowledge you cannot find on the Internet easily.
There are a lot of African traditions around gift giving (like potlatch) and redistribution of wealth as well as concepts of collective wealth (Ubuntu). Here is an article that talks about it, but does not mention the specific tribe I was thinking about.
www.sociostudies.org/journal/articles/3600660/
With the article being rather long, does it mention the particular tradition talked about here? I don’t doubt you’ve read it, I am just skeptical if it is a real tradition. And it’s hard to gauge that with no info
Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It was in my Anthropology book, I will have to go dig around for it. I tried a Google search but all I could get was crap.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
It’s just one of those things that sounds sorta believable and has a feel good message but a lot of those are actually bunk
Doomsider@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
No, I remember reading it. There is a lot of niche knowledge you cannot find on the Internet easily.
There are a lot of African traditions around gift giving (like potlatch) and redistribution of wealth as well as concepts of collective wealth (Ubuntu). Here is an article that talks about it, but does not mention the specific tribe I was thinking about. www.sociostudies.org/journal/articles/3600660/
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 21 hours ago
With the article being rather long, does it mention the particular tradition talked about here? I don’t doubt you’ve read it, I am just skeptical if it is a real tradition. And it’s hard to gauge that with no info