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UNINA9910798390003321 |
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Fardon Richard |
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Titolo |
Lela in Bali : history through ceremony in Cameroon / / Richard Fardon |
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New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2006 |
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©2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-84545-215-1 |
1-78238-877-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Collana |
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Cameroon studies ; ; Volume 7 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Bali (African people) - Social life and customs |
Bali (African people) - Rites and ceremonies |
Cameroon Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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LELA IN BALI; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. Lela: Past Present, Present Past; CHAPTER 2. Lela in 1908: The Photographic Record; CHAPTER 3. Lela: The Texts, 1890s to 1960s; Chapter 4. Lela: Incorporation, Ascendancy and the Means of Violence; CHAPTER 5. Lela in the Grassfields and the 'Graffi' in Lela: Or, More is More; CHAPTER 6. Lela Precedents: Beyond and Before theGrassfields; CHAPTER 7. Fast Forward: From Adamawa to Late Post-Colonial Cameroon; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Lela in Bali tells the story of an annual festival of eighteenth-century kingdoms in Northern Cameroon that was swept up in the migrations of marauding slave-raiders during the nineteenth century and carried south towards the coast. Lela was transformed first into a mounted durbar, like those of the Muslim states, before evolving in tandem with the German colonial project into a festival of arms. Reinterpreted by missionaries and post-colonial Cameroonians, Lela has become one of the most important of Cameroonian festivals and a crucial marker of identity within the state. Richard Fardon’s recuperation of two hundred years of history is an essential contribution not only to Cameroonian studies but also to the broader understanding of the evolution of African cultures. |
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