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He looked like, and may have been, a tribal chief of some sort.

Recent evidence has come to light that he was a tribal chief.

The next morning the local tribal chief and his men handed in their arms.

"Which means that one of the tribal chiefs is going to be the national chief."

"Of course this is a democratic process," the 60-year-old tribal chief said.

Tribal chiefs have shared power with officials of the national government.

He did not hear much anymore from the tribal chiefs.

As a tribal chief, she knows plenty of traditional dances.

Though not a tribal chief or elder, he has a security team and 15-20 followers.

As a result he became the tribal chief of his people the Musulamii.