Witch Doctors or medicine Men, title varies, come close to a sort of High Priestly role in the affairs of the tribes.
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There were no East African civilizations at the time of the first European visitors, East African people were tribal, and mostly nomadic.
The Family is the most important group of people in African tribes.
Most of the foreign rule in Africa ended in the 1960's. Many of the then 'free' African countries resorted to civil or tribal wars and ended up being ruled by brutal dictators.Most of the foreign rule in Africa ended in the 1960's. Many of the then 'free' African countries resorted to civil or tribal wars and ended up being ruled by brutal dictators.
Europeans, (Portugese, Spanish, French, Dutch and English) sailed south along the West African coast, to places like Sierra, Leone, or Nigeria. In these places , they came into contact with the local kings and tribal chiefs. These local kings and tribal chiefs had alrerady enslaved black African people. The Europeans just purchased these slaves and shipped them to the Americas. Hence the large proportion of black Americans. NB Historically, there has never been a culture of slavery in Europe. The Slave Trade was just businessmen making a profit. NNB Great Britain passed the Abolition of Slavery Act in 1833, thirty years before the American Civil War. The Abolition of Slavery Act was an attempt on the British parliament to stop the slave trade.
Most African civil wars occurred AFTER the Europeans left. The Europeans had in general stopped inter -tribal wars and made Africans live in peace.