CHARACTERISTICS OF PRIMITIVE COMMUNALISM MODE OF PRODUCTION
Primitive communalism is first mode of production in which basic means of life are owned and shared by all members of the community. It preceded all other mode of the production and mark the rise of the society from sheer animalism to human society. Communalism existed for much longer time than any other mode of production in Africa. It ranges from emergency of man more than one million years ago and existed during stone and iron age. Some of African societies like Khoisan speaking people in the dry Kalahari region of modern day Botswana and Mbuti society from modern day democratic republic of Congo, are still living in communalism mode of production. The following are characteristics of communalism mode of production: Full democracy, this is because about all members of the society had to make decision to arrive at the solution regardless of their sexes Lack of specialization, this is because all people in the society are supposed to do all jobs together jobs include t...