Word: tribalized
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...1950s. It first rose to prominence last November, when some of its members rioted in the wine-growing Cape community of Paarl, hacking two whites to death with pangas. Later, opposing the total apartheid scheme to move most of South Africa's 11 million blacks into nine tribal reserves, Poqo butchered five whites in the Transkei...
...forged endorsements on mother's mysterious but regular checks, and Hubert cashed them when he bought the groceries. Gloag's terrifying tots do more than this; they offer the reader no escape from their own zany world, which is presented as complete in itself with its own tribal laws...
...crocodile at the time. Sir Edgar called in the government's psychiatrist to test Elard's sanity. He was judged not insane, but the psychiatrist added, "We must admit we are dealing with a mentality completely foreign to us." Sir Edgar turned to the court assessors-three tribal elders-for expert guidance. "Are you satisfied," he asked, "that the prosecution has established that Elard was not, on account of his superstitious belief, under the delusion that he was a crocodile...
...years after the bloody Mau Mau war against the whites, the British finally agreed last week to let their East African colony of Kenya take its first big step toward uhuru-freedom. Ending three weeks of talks in Nairobi with Kenya's tribal-backed political leaders, among them grey-bearded ex-Mau Mau Chieftain Jomo ("Burning Spear") Kenyatta, Colonial Secretary Duncan Sandys emerged to make his announcement to the press. Elections will be held May 18-26 for the colony's first internal self-government. To be elected under a new, 300-page constitution: seven assemblies, plus...
...truck drives off with their hard-earned shillings, and are apt to raise quite a fuss. For Africans, Barclays sets up offices wherever it can, even if they are only one-room huts. Barclays has learned the necessity of accepting the smallest deposit (one chief arrived with an entire tribal retinue to deposit $1.40) and of honoring some unusual checks, including one written on a hard-boiled egg and another on the side of a squealing piglet. The bank also stresses service; one isolated manager regularly cuts his best customer's hair because no barber is available. Encounters with...