ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the tribal composition and cultural diversity of the population and analyses the patterns of residential distribution of the nine principal colonies. It outlines that the social configurations of three colonies specifically selected to illustrate how a number of inter-ethnic variations were related to different histories and patterns of urban incorporation. The chapter compares further social and demographic data for the nine principal colonies. It shows that these colonies can be classified into three 'types' of age and sex structure and that each of the three case studies represents one relatively distinct 'type'. The chapter outlines the case histories of the Lokele, Babua, and Topoke to illustrate the kind of relation that existed between differing modes of urban incorporation and the differing social configurations of various ethnic colonies in the town. Some measure of residential concentration was a notable feature of each of the nine principal ethnic colonies, but there was considerable variation in its nature and extent.
