When people use or hear the word “tribe” they think of Africa. They see a bunch of lunatics dancing around the fire, naked, possibly engaged in cannibalistic activities. It sounds repulsive, doesn’t it? Yet that’s how it is.

Text of the Sixth Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture Presented by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf:
Our revered President Mandela, our sister Graça Machel, distinguished ladies and gentlemen:
What an honor it is to be standing before His Excellency, Nelson Mandela, to deliver the 6th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture here at Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown, Soweto. [...]