fɔːɹ sˈɛvɹəl dˈɛkeɪdz ʌvðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnθ ænd ˈɜːli twˈɛntiəθ sˈɛntʃɚɹiz, ðiːz vˈɪlɪdʒᵻz ɛŋɡˈeɪdʒd ɪn fˈɑːɹmɪŋ ænd ɹˈeɪzɪŋ lˈaɪvstɑːk, ænd kəmpˈɛɹd tʊ ˈæfɹɪkənz ˌɔn wˈaɪt fˈɑːɹmz ðeɪ wɜː ɹˈɛlətˌɪvli ˈæfluːənt.
For several decades of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these villages engaged in farming and raising livestock, and compared to Africans on white farms they were relatively affluent.