detribalisation

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Noun	1.	detribalisation - the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living detribalization social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
	2.	detribalisation - the decline or termination of tribal organization detribalization disunion - the termination or destruction of union tribalisation, tribalization - the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis

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He epitomises principled living, genuine love, detribalisation, and the eloquent apostolic dictum that one good turn deserves another.

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Wilson, G (1942), An Essay on the Economic of Detribalisation. Lusaka: Mimeo.

The Rhodes-Livingstone Institute and interdisciplinary research in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), 1937-1964

The future of Africa, the modernisation of Africa that has a place in the 21st century, is linked with its decolonisation and detribalisation. Tribal atavism would be giving up any hope for Africa.

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Racist concerns about the detribalisation of what were seen as naturally rural Africans ran up against leftist calls for the recognition of Africans' participation in modern urban workforces.

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In Diprotodon to Detribalisation: Studies of change among Australian Aborigines.

The politico-historical construction of the Pintupi Luritja and the concept of tribe

Waterman (eds), Diprotodon to Detribalisation, Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, 278-84.