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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810585903321

Autore

Chilver E. M

Titolo

Zintgraff's explorations in Bamenda, Adamawa and the Benue lands, 1889-1892 / / E.M. Chilver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mankon [Cameroon], : Langaa Research and Publishing CIG, 2010

ISBN

1-282-86916-7

9786612869167

9956-578-25-8

9956-616-72-9

9956-616-80-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (94 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ZintgraffEugen

Disciplina

916.711042

Soggetti

Explorers - Germany

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

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introductory Notes; Maps; NORD-KAMERUN (Berlin 1895) by Eugen Zintgraff; TO BABESSONG; BALI; THE FON GAREGA; THE FON AND HIS PEOPLE; BALI LIFE; DEPARTURE; MANKON AND BAFUT; THE MARCH CONTINUES; TAKUM AND THE BENUE LANDS; THE RETURN THROUGH ADAMAWA; TAKUM, BUM, BIKOM; BAMUNGU (BABUNGO); TO BALI VIA BAMBUI AND BAFRENG; RETURN TO THE COAST; REPORT TO GERMANY; A NEW EXPEDITION; RETURN TO BALI; BAFUT AND MANKON; THE BATTLE OF MANKON; DISASTER; RE-ORGANIZATION; A TREATY WTTH GAREGA; THE BALI-TRUPPE; PROGRESS; ZIMMERER'S OPPOSITION

Selected BibliographyBack cover

Sommario/riassunto

The following pages, initially prepared for limited circulation in 1961, contain brief extracts and summaries of those parts of Eugen Zintgraffís book NORD-KAMERUN (1895), of most interest concerning the colonial Bamenda and Wum Division. Zintgraffís book, the first by a European about the Grassfields, has not been translated and is hard to get second-hand. In using these notes the following points should be borne in mind: Zintgraffís knowledge of Bali (Mungaka) and Hausa was very slight, and his discussions of character, motives and political



institutions are consequently superficial and open