Crocodile Society

For other uses, see Crocodile Society (disambiguation).

The Crocodile Society was a West African secret society that practised cannibalism. The Crocodile Society existed in Liberia and Sierra Leone in the late 1800s and early 1900s.[1]

See also

• Cannibalism in Africa
• Leopard Society
• Poro society

References

1. Mitchell, Harry (2002) Remote Corners: A Sierra Leone Memoir The Radcliffe Press, London, pp. 191–192, ISBN 1-86064-817-7 ;

• Harley, George Way (1941) Native African Medicine: With Special Reference to Its Practice in the Mano Tribe of Liberia Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, p. 140
• Mitchell, Harry (2002) Remote Corners: A Sierra Leone Memoir The Radcliffe Press, London, pp. 191–192, ISBN 1-86064-817-7
• Refugee renewal tribunal: Liberian secret societies – Neegee society

External links

• 1900–1950: The Leopard Society in "Vai country" in Bassaland. Archived 23 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine.