Meanings of tribal loyalties in English

Typically for a Kenyan election, tribal loyalties will trump ideology for many.

Regional and tribal loyalties suppressed under Gaddafi have since come to the fore.

They asked them about their ages, backgrounds, their tribal loyalties.

There were, to be sure, strong local and tribal loyalties.

As in past ballots, tribal loyalties tended to trump political ideology at the ballot box.

There can be no doubting football's tribal loyalties.

He attributed their reluctance to regional and tribal loyalties, but politics may have played a part too.

Slideshow (9 images) As in past ballots, tribal loyalties tended to trump political ideology at the ballot box.

Distinguishing one from another could only be achieved by way of the tribal loyalties, multi-coloured jerseys that bespoke the combatants' origin.

For Englishman Rob, it's a matter of putting tribal loyalties to the side to celebrate the cream of the British crop.

A spaghetti soup of dotted lines, dashed-dotted lines and double-dotted lines reflected what were believed to be the relationships and tribal loyalties.

And really, all tribal loyalties aside, the defining feature of his career now is a kind of sadness, a waste, a forgotten joy.

Liberals have seen racial and religious division as primitive: for them, the good society is one in which the market decides, not tribal loyalties.

Both inspired tribal loyalties, both tended to be feted by those who support sound money and fiscal conservatism, and both were buried this week.

Both inspired tribal loyalties, both tended to be feted by those who support sound money and fiscal conservatism, and both were buried this wee(...)

Tribal loyalties expressed in battle may soon be echoed at the ballot box.