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The Effect Of British Intrusion On The Customary Law Of Bantu Africa, C. Jeremy Curtoys

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Western man has great pride in his political institutions, which with some justification he holds to be the first to recognize the rule of law as superior to the rule of men. Thus it was with great confidence in his laws and rectitude of his ways that the first Europeans occupied Africa. The impact of this invasion upon the indigenous populations of Africa was tremendous. Every facet of Africa life, its social, political, economic and legal systems were affected.

A study of Bantu customary law has to depend largely on secondary material, because until recent times, the law of Bantu …