Detribalise (Verb)
Meaning
Cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The government's relocation policies were seen as an attempt to detribalise the indigenous population by assimilating them into modern urban culture.
- The process of urbanisation and modernisation can detribalise communities and lead to the erosion of their traditional practices and customs.
- Prolonged exposure to mainstream media can detribalise young people from their cultural heritage by promoting Western values and lifestyles.
- Missionary activities have historically contributed to detribalise indigenous populations by suppressing their spiritual traditions and substituting them with Christian dogma.
- Colonialism often used education as a tool to detribalise native populations, purposefully neglecting the preservation of local languages and cultural values in the teaching curricula.