POST4 Gender Roles in Hadza

Gender Roles in Hadza

Basic Summary:

- The Hadza are a tiny tribe of hunter-gatherers that live in northern Tanzania near Lake Eyasi. Only a small number of Hadza remained in the early twenty-first century, living in bush camps that fluctuated in size and composition, with no formal leadership, and seasonal movement from place to place in pursuit of wildlife, edible plants and fruits, and honey. Due to rising demands on the land from herders and agricultural immigrants, as well as the growth of ethnic tourism, the majority have chosen more diverse livelihood choices. In the region Northern Tanzania, which is in Hadza, women are very big on care giving to the children. Children live in a hut with their caregiver which can either be their mom or it can be their grandmother. The women's job is to take care of the children until they reach puberty. When they reach puberty they move out into their own hut and live with kids the same age, but they still live near the caregiver. If there is no caregiver to be presents you will notice a dramatic difference. The men do all the work and always will hunt with a poison arrow. 

Relation to Culture:

- The relation with the region Hadza is that the Hadza are a people who are not linked to anyone else. Because it features clicks, the Hadza language was originally categorized with the Khoisan languages, however, there is no evidence that they are connected, hence Hadza is now regarded an isolate. In eHRAF they say "Activities customarily performed exclusively or predominantly by males or by females; activities forbidden to or despised by one gender; activities in which both genders participate." This relates to our culture because I feel the gender roles here are not equal with jobs, starting with the money made women vs. men. 

Facts About Hadza:

- The Hadza have probably lived in the Yaeda Chini area for millennia

-   Genetically – like the Bushmen of southern Africa, they are one of the 'oldest' lineages of humankind.

- They speak a click language that is unrelated to any other language on earth.

Work Cite:

Crittenden, Alyssa N., and N. G. (Nicholas G. .. Blurton Jones. Culture Summary: Hadza. Human Relations Area Files, 2019, https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=fn11-000.

International, S. (n.d.). The Hadza. The Hadza - Survival International. Retrieved November 23, 2021, from https://www.survivalinternational.org/galleries/hadza#:~:text=The%20Hadza%20have%20probably%20lived,lost%2090%25%20of%20its%20land. 

National Geographic Society. (2018, September 9). Hadza. National Geographic Society. Retrieved November 23, 2021, from https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/hadza/.