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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452886403321

Autore

Warnier Jean-Pierre

Titolo

Cameroon grassfields civilization [[electronic resource] /] / Jean-Pierre Warnier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mankon, Cameroon, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, c2012

ISBN

9956-727-69-5

9956-727-67-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 p.)

Soggetti

Ethnology - Cameroon

Cameroonians

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The historical background -- pt. 2. The grassfields regional economy -- pt. 3. Grassfields sacred kingship.

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings and blends together a dozen scholarly articles published by the author since the 1970's. It sketches two different yet related stories: first, that of one of the most ancient and prestigious African civilizations, the antiquity and sophistication of which are becoming more and more prominent as field research unfolds their many facets. Second, the story of the researcher himself, who has had to alter and shift his approach to that civilization as he got to meet Grassfielders, colleagues, friends and scholars who changed his views about the Grassfields kingdoms and their people.