Word: tribalized
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...their mores and lifestyle, the Afrikaners?particularly in the countryside?are as authentically tribal in outlook as Zulus living in a homeland kraal. Afrikaner society is a rigid one, held together by language (Dutch-based), faith (a fundamentalist form of Calvinism) and a sense of special mission created by their hard history. Even in the large cities, Afrikaners tend to mix uneasily with English-speaking whites. In the country, they are a law and a people unto themselves. The family structure is strong and disciplined; Afrikaner youth are far less likely than their Anglo counterparts to smoke or drink. Sunday...
...English-speaking business community, although it controls an estimated 80% of the country's private sector, complains that its leverage with the government is weaker than ever. "We are subject to an Afrikaans-speaking tribal government," says Harry Oppenheimer, chairman of the Anglo American Corp. of South Africa Ltd., a mining empire. "We have some influence only if they want to remain on good terms with the rest of the world and want foreign investment to flow in." American investment in South Africa amounts to about $1.5 billion. U.S. companies are bound by American law to avoid discrimination?but cannot...
...Walter C. Sturtevant, who is also a curator at the Smithsonian Institute, corroborated the testimony of two earlier witnesses, saying the Mashpee tribe fulfills five criteria for tribal status, Ann Gillmore, an associate attorney representing the Indians, said yesterday...
...poor continent. Many have glorified the African past, that is, pre-colonial Africa; many have found little to admire an some are very apathetic to the past. However rich our customs or cultures were, they also left us a legacy of many problems. The major problem is that of tribal groups. Although this problem became accentuated by the colonialists, it had its roots in pre-colonial societies in Africa. With a common tribe, or less tribal groups and tribal languages, the problem for unification could have been much easier. Another problem is the lack in individual efforts or motivation...
...devastation brought by colonialism is immense and apparent. The tribal groups were further divided. Boundaries were carved out of their own selfish ends. The colonialists institutionalized an exploitative system under the guise of teaching the African. Big business was monopolized which deprived the indigenous African from participating. Slavery destroyed families and brought untold misery--a loss that will never be restored. Religion, although it exposed some of the ghastly wounds inflicted upon the native African by colonialism, did little to stimulate the mind of the African to think, to be creative, and to realize the not everything comes from...