Property

When discussing the Logoli system of property rights, cattle must be separately dealt with, as they form a distinct class of property. The Logoli attitude towards cattle is reflected to some extent in sayings, proverbs, songs and customs as well as in the prominent place which cattle play in litigation. In the social and political context, the traditional attitude towards land was basically determined by the patrilineal clan organization and by the fact that the clan communities were essentially independent political units, only loosely organized into a tribal unit under a leader who derived his authority chiefly from membership of the senior line of descendants from the tribal ancestor. Economically, land was chiefly valued for the purpose of tillage and stock-keeping—that is to say, as a means of production. From the religious point of view, the traditional attitude towards land is chiefly determined by the notions held about the ancestral spirits.

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