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 | | Adun, however is remarkable in that although her villages are very close together and are inevitably linked by many ties, they are nevertheless very distinct units, and they enjoy a very strong sense of village patriotism. |
 | | When Adun's situation is contrasted with that of Okum, however, and it becomes apparent that the strong village patriotism, the inter-patriclan rivalry, the significance of hamlets and the lack of intermatriclan rivalry are distinctive features, then we may suspect that an interrelationship exists. |
 | | Adun, however as might be expected, seems to have become most conscious of its tribal unity in the context of inter-tribal warfare, and under the continuous pressures to which the tribe was subjected it developed a type or organization unique among the Mbembe. |
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