Community Heads
Scope Note
Existence of community chiefs or heads; qualifications; mode of selection (e.g., by seniority, informal acceptance, election, matrilineal or patrilineal succession); functions and activities; domestic establishment; special status and functions of head's relatives; authority; prerogatives; etc.
History Note
The term was changed from "Headmen" to "Community Heads" in 2000.
- Broader Term
- 620 Community
- Related Terms
- 157 Personality Traits
- 610 Kin Groups
- 630 Territorial Organization
- 643 Chief Executive
- Use Fors
- Big man (community head)
- Cacique (village level)
- Chiefs (community)
- Community heads
- Heads (communities)
- Leaders (community heads)
- Identifier
- 622
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