A multitude of scholars have visited Tonga communities. They have come
from different countries, worked at different times, had different
disciplinary interests and theoretical agenda and published in different
places. Many of these scholars have been the products of Zambian and
Zimbabwean universities. The research presented in this volume gives
some idea of the rich knowledge now available on the Tonga - a people
remarkable for their egalitarian ethos, practice of participatory
democracy and willingness to experiment with new possibilities.