The word 'tribalism' is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to the loyalty or strong bond to one's own social group, often to the detriment of others. It can also refer to the idea of dividing people into smaller, exclusive groups based on race, ethnicity, or political beliefs. Example: The rise of tribalism in the country has led to an increase in hate crimes and discrimination against minority groups.
And they are not in thrall to the kind of short-termist thinking so unfortunately prevalent in today's financial services.Dominic Johnson Chairman New City Initiative LondonSouth Sudan politics* SIR – The civil war in South Sudan in which tribalism features is not a tribal war ("Can ethnic differences be overcome?" July 5th).
The new elite proclaimed national unity and denounced tribalism; but they soon found, like the imperial powers before them, that manipulating tribal affiliation was essential to preserving power.It is not just unluckly coincidence that Africa has had such a poor crop of leaders.
All of which might make sense if the English were any good at this game, or had been since the best of the rest cottoned on and began to transform this brilliantly simple sport into a vigorous practical science, rather than just a place of lucrative tribalism and cartoonish operetta.
I may have been a cyclist for roughly 20 of my 31 years, but I've somehow managed to go all this time without being aware that I was pootling through a battlefield of bitter politics, nefarious law breaking and ugly tribalism.
And perhaps the fact that he had never supported a club meant he never quite understood, or respected, the tribalism of football.
Provocative and hateful newspaper reports about 'two-wheeled terrorists' merely stir up tribalism - basic, brutal and bad.
But this year the Mercury Prize shortlist has confirmed something all music fans can agree on: the range of 12 albums in contention for the 2011 award marks the end of "tribalism" in popular music.
And for a small group of Muslims, tribalism has led them to find their identity and an authentic Islam in Islamism.
To be sure, had Mr Odinga won, the scourge of corruption would have remained scarcely less potent.Second, and more egregiously, the election did little to dispel the old bane of tribalism.
Mr Straw opposes these things, too, but is praised for his conviction, not excoriated for his "tribalism" as John Prescott is.
America's earlier hopes to revive Aden as a useful refuelling port exploded when al-Qaeda, possibly backed by a member of President Ali Saleh's advisory council, bombed the USS Cole in October 2000.Since their defeat in 1994, southerners have been complaining of creeping tribalism and religious militancy from the north.
