- credibility
- sensitivity towards his people and his country
- wisdom
- tolerance
- generosity
- strictness and concern for propriety
- justice
- humanity
- matrimonial status (married to at least one wife) and procreation
- competence
- balanced material situation
- mental maturity.
This list of criteria is not exhaustive ; it is the outcome of our
investigations through conversations and talks in churches, and
among friends and families. Apart from the general considerations
outlined above, the Nya mbôrô is to be found in certain specific fields.
The Nya mbôrô, or true man, who is a reality in the community, can
emerge or assert himself in different domains, such as :
- speaking
- knowledge (Nnem)
- practical achievements (his actions)
- war (when he is called Asuzo’o)
- games
- health (Ngengan)
- the arts
- religion (Zingui)
- the political/legal/social sphere (Mbi ntum, Ntyik-Ntol)
- Responsibility of the Traditional Leader
In what concerns us here, the notion of the responsibility of the
traditional leader refers on the one hand to the duties incumbent on
him (this is the theoretical aspect, i.e. what the Nya mbôrô should do
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