Course title:
Africa society and culture
Dept sociology and anthropology
Course
code: Soc 132
Course title:
Africa Society and Culture
Question: The pattern of inter group
relationship among states and peoples of
per-colonial Nigeria can be understood in terms of geographical,
cultural economic and political differences (discuss)
The
critical analysis of the above assertion
that the pattern of
inter group relationship
among states and peoples of per-colonial Nigeria can be
understood in terms of geographical, cultural economic and political
differences can be discussed one after the other or in sequence with a view of
this introductory note
Pre-colonial political system or inter group
relationship among states and
peoples of pre-colonial Nigeria otherwise refers to as systems of government
established and made use of by African societies before the ardent of colonialism. Generally the different
ethnic nationalities of Africa had
different forms of government , cultural difference, ecological,
economics and political different .
basically, these forms are categorized
by the following
a. those whose power was
not concentrated in any individual but in which the groups governed
themselves like small republic.
b. Those based on rule by strongmen in which case here
were elements of power concentration in
individuals or ruling groups.
c. Mixture of chief-doms and republican system where powers were sometimes concentrated and other
times dispersed they were systems that were constantly changing