Crocodile Society

This article is about the West African society, for other uses see Crocodile Society (disambiguation).

The Crocodile Society was a West African society that practised cannibalism. The Crocodile Society existed in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

In fiction

A fictional version of the Crocodile Society was featured in the novel, Fraser, Kathleen Passage To Paradise ISBN 0-451-40055-0.

See also

• Leopard Society
• Poro society

References

• 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 ;

External links

• 1900-1950: The Leopard Society in 'Vai country' in Bassaland