The Crocodile Society was a
West Africa
West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, M ...
n secret society that practised
cannibalism. The Crocodile Society existed in
Liberia and
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...
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
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Leopard Society
The Leopard Society (not to be confused with Ekpe), was a secret society that originated in Sierra Leone. Beatty, p.3 It was believed that members of the society could transform into leopards through the use of witchcraft. The earliest referenc ...
*
Poro society
References
*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, ;
*Refugee renewal tribunal: Liberian secret societies - Neegee society https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/4b6fe2890.pdf
External links
1900-1950: The Leopard Society in 'Vai country' in Bassaland
African secret societies
Cannibalism in Africa
Social history of Liberia
History of Sierra Leone
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