Social Organisation and Production

Social organization

1. Definition 1:
   Social organization is the way individuals within a group relate in order to exist harmoniously.

   • It involves recognition of each person's role in society.
   • These roles work together to meet the needs of the entire society.

2. Definition 2:
   Social organization can also refer to the mode of production that exists in a particular place at a specific time.

   • Modes of production include:

     • Productive forces: human labor, instruments of labor
     • Economic activities
     • Objects of labor and production

Economic production in pre-colonial Africa

1. To analyze economic production in pre-colonial Africa, we look at the modes of production that existed at the time.

2. Modes of production consist of:

   • Productive forces
   • Relations of production

3. Examples of modes of production in pre-colonial African societies:

   • Communal mode of production
   • Feudal mode of production
   • Slave mode of production

Production

1. Production is the process by which people create goods to:

   • Satisfy their needs
   • Accumulate surplus for times of scarcity

2. Forms of production may include:

   • Manufacturing
   • Mining
   • Crop cultivation
   • Animal husbandry