Akida
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Akida was a title of indigenous rural officials in Tanganyika.[1] During the German East African rule, the Germans adopted the title from pre-colonial Zanzibar-based administration, investing it with greater power.[1] Under German rule, akidas headed administrative units overseeing several small countryside chiefs (called jumbe) and functioned as tax collectors, policemen, and lower judges.[1] Their judicial role was recognized under the British colonial administration which took over from Germans following World War I.[1]
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- ↑ a b c d Muslim Family Law in Sub-Saharan Africa: Colonial Legacies and Post-colonial Challenges, Amsterdam University Press, S. 275–276