^u r wrong. Not entirely right atleast.


Why was my explanation on tribes banned? I want Mods to unblock that post.

^ You consider Hausa a tribe, yes?

Abuamam:


I am not talking about your pagan religion here. I am talking about different ethnic groups only being divided along tribal lines in Africa.
Gulf Arabs segregate according to their family lineages or Religion, not tribe. They all speak more or less the same language. Hindus are segregated based on the caste system; sort of like the osu caste system among the igbos, but more complex; not a tribal system.
Only Africans are segregated according to tribes in modern times. Although, we do hear occasionally of some undiscovered primitive jungle tribe in the Amazon jungle etc., but there is no emphasis on tribalism in other continents.

Perhaps delineation according to tribe in Africa, was a divide and rule tactic used by the colonialists. Sort of like the Hutu/ Tutsi divide encouraged by the Belgians.

BTW, there is no evidence of the Catholic church enforcing inter-ethnic marriages anywhere.

We can't really say it's the catholic church's doing but it was rampant at the church's imperial period...the Holy Roman empire, Britain.. comes to mind

itstpia100:


tribes are not defined by numbers but rather by the fact of colonization.

it is futile to take offence at a depiction when you know the reality remains what it is.

Rosikke is right...You can't refer mega African groups like Yoruba, Hausa Igbo as tribes...these are Infact cultural nations on their own