ABSTRACT
One way in which colonialism injured Africa was through the rupture it caused in the integration of the civil with the political aspect of her social life. That integration was one of the strong points of traditional society. Indeed, in traditional life the distinction between the state and civil society was largely irrelevant. This seamlessness was, however, not complete, for it was still possible in traditional times to distinguish between societies that were organized as states and those that had no state apparatus. The Zulu of South Africa are an example of the first class of societies, while the Tallensi of Ghana exemplify the second.
