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Creating the appearance of consensus in Mende political discoursearticle 1990 • Murphy, William P.
Mende • Africa > Western Africa
This article discusses salient features of Mande political culture as observed in lineage meetings concerned with electing heirs to traditional leadership positions including village headship. The most important of these features include creating app...The rhetorical management of dangerous knowledge in Kpelle brokeragearticle 1981 • Murphy, William P.
Kpelle • Africa > Western Africa
The author of this source argues that 'Kpelle brokers draw upon the key cultural idea of danger inherent in privileged knowledge to contrive a broker role and to construe its indispensability and threatening power in local politics'. In this way, the...