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Historical SummaryIf rulers grow too oppressive the last resort of the kin groups is desertion. The Chagga chiefs are influenced by the fear of this and frequently temper legal decisions with a view to forestalling the emigration of families. K. R. Dundas reports a case of oppression and the wholesale desertion of a population among the Wanga, together with a declaration of rights from the kinship standpoint:
When Murono died, he was succeeded by his son Kitai, who oppressed the people greatly. He robbed them of their best milk cattle, and it is
related of him that, when he heard of any specially fine beast, he would go to the owner’s village and remaining there would refuse all meat and drink, until the man, fearing lest his chief should die in his own village, gave up the cow to him.
So the people wearied of Kitai’s oppression, and one by one they crossed over the Nzaea into Loreko, until he was finally left with scarcely any people to rule over.
When therefore Musui was crowned king, the people came to him and said: " Look at Kitai, how because of his oppression of us he is left without any people; see to it therefore that, when you die, your children do not do as he has done, or else we cannot give them the copper bracelet," and Musui agreed to what they said; and I think there is no doubt that his descendants have on the whole faithfully kept this promise.1
1Dundas, K.R.n/an/an/an/a, , 22.
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Chicago: "Op. Cit.," Op. Cit. in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. Thomas, William I. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937), Original Sources, accessed April 18, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=1F11ZMJFYYBV926.
MLA: . "Op. Cit." Op. Cit., in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, edited by Thomas, William I., New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937, Original Sources. 18 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=1F11ZMJFYYBV926.
Harvard: , 'Op. Cit.' in Op. Cit.. cited in 1937, Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. , McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 18 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=1F11ZMJFYYBV926.
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