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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457478203321

Titolo

Nso' and its neighbours [[electronic resource] ] : readings in the social history of the western grassfields of Cameroon / / edited by B. Chem-Langhee & V.G. Fanso ; assisted by M. Goheen and E.M. Chilver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mankon, Bamenda, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2011

ISBN

1-283-22738-X

9956-717-92-4

9786613227386

9956-717-34-7

9956-717-55-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (524 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Chem-LangheeB

FansoV. G

GoheenM

ChilverE. M

Disciplina

306

306.0899639

Soggetti

Nso (African people) - History

Electronic books.

Cameroon History

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

section 1. The regional background -- section 2. Precolonial studies -- section 3. The colonial impact -- section 4. Continuity and compromise at the grassroots -- section 5. Continuities at the palace -- section 6. Institutional changes -- section 7. Ideology and conflict.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a rich and compelling volume of readings in social history on Nsoí and its neighbours in the Western Grassfields of Cameroon. It consists of 19 essays by some of the leading historians, archeologists and ethnographers of the region, with seminal contributions by Jean-Pierre Warnier, Paul Nchoji Nkwi, Bongfen Chem-Langhee, Phyllis Kaberry, E.M Chilver, Miriam Goheen, Ian Flower, Dan Lantum and V.G. Fanso. The book covers a broad range of themes from precolonial



times to date, including trade, alliances, diplomacy, the iron industry, colonial impact, continuities, discontinuities and com