..., cultivating new generations to take up the mantle of harvesting souls, for the benefit of the individual seeker and the institution of the church. These intimate practices tie church members to each other and bolster allegiance to the church community and doctrine, while expanding the institution’s labor...

... kuka (baby coca), which has to be looked after closely. After five or six years of harvests, the plant is pruned and becomes a mature mit’ani , that is, the equivalent of an adult married woman who serves the owner of the land she grows on. After some forty years, the field may be renewed...

... This chapter examines how trends in consumption can be harvested and codified as “values” by examining some of capitalism's agents. It explores the practices of trendspotting, carried out by people in advertising agencies and all sorts of consumer research companies that employ different methods...

... what he perceives as a world music mafia also alienates potential allies. Amid this rough and tumble, Mapfumo records the song “Marima Nzara (You Have Harvested Hunger),” a harsh critique of ZANU’s violent seizure of white farms. Mapfumo’s stance, and this song in particular, creates a powerful new...

... in Eugene and allows Mapfumo to replace key band members with new musicians from Zimbabwe. But Green’s animosity toward what he perceives as a world music mafia also alienates potential allies. Amid this rough and tumble, Mapfumo records the song “Marima Nzara (You Have Harvested Hunger),” a harsh critique...

... is that the plant is symbolically equated with a woman, in the various phases of her life cycle. A new coca plant is known as wawa kuka (baby coca), which has to be looked after closely. After five or six years of harvests, the plant is pruned and becomes a mature mit’ani , that is, the equivalent of an adult...