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What’s The Difference Between Ethnic Groups And Tribes? by BishopZion(m): 10:21pm On Mar 24, 2021
Many people often use ethnic and tribe interchangeably and they are not the same. Can anyone please help clarify with relevant examples.
Re: What’s The Difference Between Ethnic Groups And Tribes? by Hotice085: 3:16pm On Mar 27, 2021
BishopZion:
Many people often use ethnic and tribe interchangeably and they are not the same. Can anyone please help clarify with relevant examples.
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Man-Family-Village-Clan-Tribe-Ethnic-Nation
Re: What’s The Difference Between Ethnic Groups And Tribes? by macof(m): 3:56am On Mar 30, 2021
Hotice085:
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Man-Family-Village-Clan-Tribe-Ethnic-Nation
Clan can also come before village, and Nation(country) before ethnicity smiley
Re: What’s The Difference Between Ethnic Groups And Tribes? by Hotice085: 4:38am On Mar 30, 2021
macof:

Clan can also come before village, and Nation(country) before ethnicity smiley
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Clan can't come before village and Nation

Villages are made up same stock of people under a chief, these villages are all under a clan chief
Re: What’s The Difference Between Ethnic Groups And Tribes? by macof(m): 7:41pm On Mar 30, 2021
Hotice085:
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Clan can't come before village and Nation

Villages are made up same stock of people under a chief, these villages are all under a clan chief

There's no rule to it.

Even an entire village can be just a tribe, and an entire tribe just a village
Re: What’s The Difference Between Ethnic Groups And Tribes? by Hotice085: 5:49pm On Mar 31, 2021
macof:


There's no rule to it.

Even an entire village can be just a tribe, and an entire tribe just a village
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A village will always be of same stock of people, a clan same stock of people.
A tribe with just one village can't have a clan but just family heads, except the families are now called clans
Re: What’s The Difference Between Ethnic Groups And Tribes? by macof(m): 6:17pm On Mar 31, 2021
Hotice085:
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A village will always be of same stock of people, a clan same stock of people.
A tribe with just one village can't have a clan but just family heads, except the families are now called clans

Bottomline is - there is no rule. You have to study the group to figure out what category it falls into.. Not follow some prewritten stages
Re: What’s The Difference Between Ethnic Groups And Tribes? by Hotice085: 5:35am On Apr 01, 2021
macof:


Bottomline is - there is no rule. You have to study the group to figure out what category it falls into.. Not follow some prewritten stages
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The prewritten stages serves as a guide, depending on the environment you apply the stages as one deems fit
Re: What’s The Difference Between Ethnic Groups And Tribes? by macof(m): 2:46pm On Apr 01, 2021
Hotice085:
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The prewritten stages serves as a guide , depending on the environment you apply the stages as one deems fit
so what were you now arguing about?
Na wa
Re: What’s The Difference Between Ethnic Groups And Tribes? by Hotice085: 6:22am On Apr 02, 2021
macof:
so what were you now arguing about?
Na wa


Know when to apply them
Re: What’s The Difference Between Ethnic Groups And Tribes? by macof(m): 12:40pm On Apr 02, 2021
Hotice085:


Know when to apply them
Guy you just want to argue nonsense. But your comment and mine can be correct
Rest and find work abeg
Re: What’s The Difference Between Ethnic Groups And Tribes? by Hotice085: 7:12pm On Apr 02, 2021
macof:

Guy you just want to argue nonsense. But your comment and mine can be correct
Rest and find work abeg
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Where u de go Mr lecturer?

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