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Traditional Rulers[1]

'Traditional rulers', in this text, refers to those kings and local leaders who, before European colonial intervention, managed the affairs of polities throughout Africa. It is a broad and sweeping term including a host of traditional interrelated leadership groups and public officials. All seekers of political control sought the collaboration or annihilation of these rulers.

[1] The term ‘Odikro’ is occasionally used as is the term ‘chief.’ The first term is an indigenous one.

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