Horma

 ( Society Of The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ) 

The horma was a tribute paid by subservient to their protectors in traditional Sahrawis-Moors society in today's Mauritania and Western Sahara in North Africa. The powerful Hassane warrior tribes would extract it from low-caste Sanhaja tribes, where each member was forced to personally pay an overlord in the dominant tribe. The forms and rates of horma varied throughout the region and through history, and was normally dependent on the relations of strength between the tribes involved. It could be paid in cattle, goods or services.

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