Word: tribalized
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...regime has been scrupulous about eliminating any wider influence of tribalism, which has seen such disastrous effects in the dissection of Nigeria. Monsieur Kouassi, the sous-prefet, is not an Atye as are his constituents. Like the hundred-odd other sous-prefets, he has been chosen from a different tribal area of the country so as to prevent him from encouraging localism as a means of building up his personal power...
...ceremonial trappings of tribal influence have been minimized. But since this has not changed its central importance in the daily routine, the primary result has been to keep most people politically passive. The government remains irrevelant. This remoteness, in the long run, may tend to undercut stability as much as regional friction...
...idea was to build some good colleges in Swaziland and Basutoland--independent black enclaves within South Africa--and get the South African government to let their blacks attend the new institutions. South Africa has a system of higher education for its Africans, but it consists of hopelessly inadequate "tribal colleges" which separate not only white from black, but tribe from tribe. The South African liberals who invited Curle's efforts shared his conviction that the system not only failed to educate blacks, but demoralized them needlessly. Curle in particular saw a powder keg in the situation. Resentment, and more important...
...TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO and THE STRONG BREED. The first play by Nigerian Playwright Wole Soyinka is an affectionate spoof of the self-anointed preachers who collect their flocks on the African beaches, while the second play draws its symbolism and rich imagery from tribal myths and archetypes...
...BROTHER JERO and THE STRONG BREED. In this double bill introducing his work to the U.S., Nigerian Playwright Wole Soyinka proves himself to be both a satirist and a mythopoet, blending modern mockery and irony with a residual reverence for the African past, bringing his heroes out of tribal folklore to convincing stage life...