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> In South Asia, all party student wings are basically paramilitaries and gangs. Interesting- that's how it is in Nigeria, another former British colony: http
by Apocryphon 2y ago
> In South Asia, all party student wings are basically paramilitaries and gangs.
Interesting- that's how it is in Nigeria, another former British colony:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confraternities_in_Nigeria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confraternities_in_Nigeria
Though those sound more like militarized cults, while the South Asian ones are more like student orgs of political parties that have street militias.
- fxytrain 2y agoI don’t think the confraternities in Nigeria are the same. At least they don’t share hostel bed spaces to students and aren’t recognized by school administrations. In most Nigerian schools, you’d actually be expelled if evidence of your membership of any of these secret organizations surface.
- Apocryphon 2y agoYeah, they’re only superficially similar in that they’re both college-based groups capable of force.