The Nuer, a pastoral tribe in Sudan, rely on ____ to serve as a mediator in feuds between local groups, often in cases of violence leading to death
a. a powerful war leader
b. the Council of Forty-Four
c. a man with ritual power to curse or bless but no secular authority
d. a judge in a court of mediation
ANSWER:
c
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