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In this article a local community in Africa is presented as a security area for Africans. First the term security is defined and then the concept of the local community in Sub-Saharan Africa is clarified. Next the main characteristics of so called moderate (restricted) communalism and radical (unrestricted) communalism are described and the differences between them explained. Then two case studies are conducted to exemplify both kinds of African communalism. The main goal for this article is to show what price is paid – from the point of view of the development of democratic culture in Sub-Saharan Africa – for providing Africans with security, including economic, by their local communities.