Crocodile Society

For other uses, see Crocodile Society (disambiguation).

The Crocodile Society was a West African secret society known for supposedly practising cannibalism. There is evidence that it existed in Liberia and Sierra Leone in the late 1800s and early 1900s. ^[1]

See also

• Cannibalism in Africa
• Leopard Society
• Poro society

References

1. Mitchell, Harry (2002). Remote Corners: A Sierra Leone Memoir. The Radcliffe Press, London, pp. 191–192, ISBN 1-86064-817-7.

Further reading

• 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.

External links

• 1900–1950: The Leopard Society in "Vai country" in Bassaland. Archived 23 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine .
• Refugee renewal tribunal: Liberian secret societies – Neegee society