Crocodile Society
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The Crocodile Society was a West African secret society that practised cannibalism. The Crocodile Society existed in Liberia and Sierra Leone in the late 1800s and early 1900s.Mitchell, Harry (2002) Remote Corners: A Sierra Leone Memoir The Radcliffe Press, London, pp. 191–192, ISBN 1-86064-817-7 ;
See also
References
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- Harley, George Way (1941) Native African Medicine: With Special Reference to Its Practice in the Mano Tribe of Liberia Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, p. 140
- Mitchell, Harry (2002) Remote Corners: A Sierra Leone Memoir The Radcliffe Press, London, pp. 191–192, {{ISBN|1-86064-817-7}}
- [https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/4b6fe2890.pdf Refugee renewal tribunal: Liberian secret societies – Neegee society]
External links
- [http://www.liberiapastandpresent.org/RitualKillings1900_1950b.htm 1900–1950: The Leopard Society in "Vai country" in Bassaland]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123220812/http://www.liberiapastandpresent.org/RitualKillings1900_1950b.htm |date=23 November 2010 }}.
Category:African secret societies
Category:Cannibalism in Africa
Category:Social history of Liberia
Category:Social history of Sierra Leone
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