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Title
"Tribe": A Socio-Political Analysis
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https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6fs3g8wh
Journal
Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies, 7(1)
ISSN
2150-5802
Authors
Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn
Lobban, Richard
Linda, Zangari
Publication Date
1976-01-01
Peer reviewed
.ISS.UES.:
"TRIBE't
by
quotation ·marks around the word "tribe" or are using the phrase
"the so-called tribal societies." 3 Still others are presenting
a critical review of the term "tribe" before abandoning it or
using it in the text in modified or altered form. 4 The term
"primitive" has undergone a similar evolution in recent years .s
If this trend prevails, Manners' prediction of a few years ago
appears to be away from the current flow of history rather than
with it.
Asia
North America
Africa
Conclusions
Footnotes:
10. Abdel Ghaffar Mohammed, Ahmed. "Some remarks from the Third
World on Anthropology and Colonialism: The Sudan," Anthro-
pology and Colonial Encounters, Asad (ed.) Ithaca Press:
London, 1973, p. 263.
21. Ibid. I
23. Ibid., p. 6.
32. Ibid.
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