JOURNAL:
HUMANITIES AND CULTURAL STUDIES, Volume 6, Number 2, May 2016
ARTICLE TITLE:
CRIME, PUNISHMENT AND JUDICIAL SYSTEMS IN PRE-COLONIAL BEKWARRA SOCIETY
AUTHOR:
Dr. Joseph O. Ajor -
Department of History and International Studies University of Calabar
PAGES: 10-23
ABSTRACT
African traditional institutions have been the subject of ridicule, especially by scholars who had little or no knowledge of their nature of operation. African historiography has eloquently met this challenge over the years. This study draws from the perspective of Bekwarra and contributes to this age long debate by highlighting the different traditional strategies used by the people to organise social stability. The study therefore looks at what constitute crime, their court system and how judgment is passed, and ways designed to ensure compliance by all members of society.
KEYWORDS: Crime, Punishment, Bekwarra
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