Sentence examples for tribal structure from inspiring English sources

But its tribal structure, weak state and mountainous terrain have proven to be obstacles.

They have a strong tribal structure and distinctive costume, music, and dance.

Crosscutting these divisions was a tribal structure based on patrilineal descent.

And these extended kinship units form a kind of tribal structure.

There isn't a class structure in Nigeria, there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned".

In the tribal structure the youngest ones are pretty much told what to do and what not to do.

The tribal structures, the ethnic groupings -- they matter to Iraqis.

The decades of war have pounded away at the country's tribal structures even further.

British imperialists made a science of understanding the tribal structures of societies they colonized.

In the south, however, tribal structures are weaker, warlords tend to dominate and insurgents exploit tribal rivalries.

In addition, tribal structures in Pakistan have been weakened in recent years by the Taliban, unlike the situation in Iraq.