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Portrait of happy African women from Masai tribe, Kenya, Africa. Mount Kilimanjaro in central Kenya, Africa. Maasai tribe inhabiting southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, and they are related to the Samburu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

True, the word “tribe” is a delicate one, laden with the weight of decades of anthropological research that has favoured Western civilisation over all others. But let us save it here, and reduce it to its most basic meaning: the earliest human communities formed beyond the primitive boundaries of kinship<\/a> \u2014 the forerunners of the great experiment we call society, which taught us to be human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our forefathers did not live on their own; they banded together to survive. For millennia, our consciousness was moulded by our relationships with those in our immediate vicinity. In a finite environment we recognised as both home and globe, identity was like a convoluted address, at the crossroads of birthplace and blood, the things we chose to worship and the ways we kept ourselves alive. We were characterised not by our secret interior lives, but by our outward gestures, shared rituals and symbols, and tributes to common ideals of virtue and beauty \u2014 not by what separated us, but by what brought us together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is a Tribe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A tribe is a group of people who live together and speak the same language, have the same culture, and have the same history. Tribes frequently share a common ancestor and live in a closed society. They also follow similar life standards or serve a certain purpose. In other circumstances, tribes are also referred to as “ethnic groups,” “clans,” or “nations.” Tribes have existed since the dawn of time and represent some of the earliest forms of social organisation and settlement. Tribes occur on most continents and can be found all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tribe does not have a definite definition because each tribe is distinct in some way. They are typically a collection of related individuals, but each tribe may have a distinct purpose or set of behaviours. Several historians and scientists, as well as the authors of the United States Constitution, have described the tribal concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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