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Title:Siklipo Dako: Social Development on the Kru Coast
Author:Buelow, George
Year:1978
Periodical:Liberian Studies Journal
Volume:8
Issue:2
Pages:117-131
Language:English
Geographic term:Liberia
Subjects:Kru
kinship
associations
History and Exploration
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Abstract:Today, both clans and voluntary associations provide the rationale and structure through which the modern Kru exert control over both village political figures and administrators of the Kru Coast Territory. The present paper describes coastal Kru political organisation and shows how the two traditional socio-political behaviours clan bifurcation and sodality action - are used in the cause of social development. Sections: introduction - summary of prior research - Kru social organization village economy - political structure - Grand Cess - social development (settlement patterns; voluntary associations) - conclusion. Maps, ref.
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