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- noun A system of political patronage employment.
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In the process, however, the national banking sector, the principal public corporations and state-owned financial institutions all went under, the victims of the extreme prebendalism of the first five years of the Biya reign.
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In the process, however, the national banking sector, the principal public corporations and state-owned financial institutions all went under, the victims of the extreme prebendalism of the first five years of the Biya reign.
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In the process, however, the national banking sector, the principal public corporations and state-owned financial institutions all went under, the victims of the extreme prebendalism of the first five years of the Biya reign.
frogapplause commented on the word prebendalism
"Richard Joseph is the John Evans Professor at Northwestern University, in Chicago, Illinois. He said Nigeria suffers from “prebendalism,” a system of governance that he said exists in many other African countries as well.
He coined the term about 30 years ago from the word “prebende” – a term that describes some early European forms of governance, including religious ones. A prebend, he said, is an elected or appointed office in which the officeholder uses its resources for personal needs." ~Jackson Mvunganyi, Voice of America, Oct. 19, 2011. link
October 19, 2011
rolig commented on the word prebendalism
And here I was thinking this had something to do with Uri Geller.
October 19, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word prebendalism
Cf. prependalism.
October 19, 2011