African crossroads : intersections between history and anthropology in Cameroon /

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Imprint:Providence : Berghahn Books, 1996.
Description:xxvii, 213 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cameroon studies ; v. 2
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2728693
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Other authors / contributors:Fowler, Ian.
Zeitlyn, David.
ISBN:1571818595 (cloth : alk. paper)
1571819266 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-207) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. The Catalyst: Chilver at the Crossroads
  • Chapter 2. The Grassfields and the Tikar
  • Chapter 3. The Person, Ethnicity and the Problem of Identity in West Africa
  • Chapter 4. Political Relations and the Eastern Marches of Adamawa in the late 19th Century
  • Chapter 5. Mythic Transformation and Historical Continuity: the Duala of Cameroon and German Colonialism, 1884-1914
  • Chapter 6. Imperialisms at the Century's End: Moghamo Relations with Bali-Nyonga and Germany 1889-1908
  • Chapter 7. Nso' Military Organization and Warfare in the 19th and 20th Centuries
  • Chapter 8. Catholicism and Nso' Traditional Beliefs
  • Chapter 9. "Pursue to Attain": a Royal Religion
  • Chapter 10. Political Dress: German-style Military Attire and Colonial Politics in Bamum
  • Chapter 11. Rebellion, Defection and the Position of the Male Cadets: a Neglected Category
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Bibliography
  • Index