Towards Breaking the Vicious Circle of.Labour Migradon in Tanzania: A Case of Makete District

Abstract

This article examines the struggle of the people of Makete District in the
South -West of Tanzania to break away from the vicious circle of labour
migration. SinCe the early 19708 the people from Makete District made an
attempt to opt out of subsistence agriculture and circular wage labour
migration to business. This change brought with it better prospects of
alleviating poverty which was a common feature during the colonial
period, and early post-independence period. As a whole, this change in
occupational and migration structures has raised their per capita income and
social status in Tanzania.