Industrial Worker in East Africa.

Since the end of the Second World War, Africa has changed considerably and this change is continuing. Industrialization is playing a major part in this change and is breaking down the traditional organization of society. This process has gone further in South Africa than anywhere else, white settlers, using African labor, have built up a thriving industrial country. Industrialization is also proceeding in other countries, such as Zambia, but in East Africa what industries there are based on mineral deposits and the processing of agricultural and forest products. Of the three East African countries, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, Kenya is the most industrialized. This can be attributed to the fact that Kenya was a settled colony and a modern agricultural sector was developed by these white settlers, leading in turn to the development of industry. This survey of blue-collar workers in East Africa indicates that in Kenya and Uganda most of them lead a dual existence, spreading between the shamba or traditional society and the modern industrial sector and its different value structure. There is evidence that the shift from the traditional society is taking place but it has a considerable distance to go. This dual or transitional sector is undoubtedly dynamic and the tribalized society in which most of the people live can certainly be considered to be static. Whether social harmony can exist indefinitely in such a situation is problematic.