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Title: | The idea of Mende pre-colonial political leadership |
Author: | Abraham, Arthur |
Year: | 1975 |
Periodical: | Africana Research Bulletin |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 75-85 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Sierra Leone |
Subjects: | Mende politicians |
Abstract: | The author puts forward a theory of pre-colonial political leadership among the Mende. He tries to show that political leadership was not hereditary, though membership of the family of a ruler could afford an individual training towards acquiring the values necessary for political office. Notes. |