Anthropological report on Sierra Leone: Anthropological report on Sierra Leone, Part 1, Law and custom of the Timne and other tribes

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Titel:: Anthropological report on Sierra Leone

Autor:: Thomas, Northcote W.

Erscheinungsort:: London

Verlag:: Harrison and Sons

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Wissensgebiet:: Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie > Gesamtdarstellungen und Sammelwerke

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Titel:: Anthropological report on Sierra Leone, Part 1, Law and custom of the Timne and other tribes

Erscheinungsort:: Berlin

Erscheinungsjahr:: 1916

Signatur:: Pn 70703:1:F8

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Titel:: III. Paramount chief

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. Ai 1IIL—PARAMOUNT CHIEF. The kande or paramount chief seems to be a comparatively recent figure in many areas; some, it is true, trace their power back to Bai Farama (or Farama Tami), who lived perhaps four hundred years ago; but in many cases the chieftainship seems to go back only a few generations, and the original chief is said to have gained his position by his wealth ; for in olden days it appears to have been the duty of a paramount chief to compose differences by liberal presents to both sides. Where two tribes were fighting, a chief might spend £15 to £20 and send money to both parties. If they agreed to stop hostilities, an oath was taken and a cow, given by the chief, was sacrificed. This was divided into three parts, one for each of the contending parties and one for the chief. In other cases, especially where there are now two “ families ” (Le., abuna, clans) which share the succession to the chieftainship, there is a tradition that the second family gained its position owing to assistance given in war to the original family. The rule of succession is, of course, not in the direct male line where there are two or more houses, which sometimes represent, not original clans, but des- cendants of the same male ancestor; the term for “house” in this case is kunte. In some cases at least the two-clan rule is traced back to the fact that a sister of the original chief or one of his successors was the mother of a man elected to the chieftainship. Under the rule of exogamy this necessarily involves a change of clan. It is, however, clear that the simple dying out of the original family or the youth of its eldest male members when the time came for them to succeed, is not an adequate

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