LEADER 04128nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910817085503321 005 20240313162748.0 010 $a1-283-06358-1 010 $a9786613063588 010 $a9956-579-07-6 010 $a9956-579-06-8 010 $a9956-579-05-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000032503 035 $a(EBL)1135238 035 $a(OCoLC)743202761 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000647693 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12226961 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000647693 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10593623 035 $a(PQKB)10210651 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1135238 035 $a(OCoLC)726828816 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22030 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1135238 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10463112 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL306358 035 $a(PPN)198682921 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000032503 100 $a20110425d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSons and daughters of the soil $eland and boundary conflicts in North West Cameroon, 1955-2005 /$fWalter Gam Nkwi 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBamenda [Cameroon] $cLangaa RPCIG$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a9956-578-92-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter One - Introduction; A) Dancing the Plot and Riding the Past into the Present; B) Understanding inter-community boundary conflicts within Homer-Dixon Framework; Chapter Two - The Geographical and Ethnographic Survey of Bamenda Grassfields; Introduction; A) Staking the Study Area; B) Peoples of the Region; C) Traditional and Socio-Political Organisations; D) Decentralised Societies; E) The contending issues of boundary conflicts in theBamenda Grassfields; Conclusion 327 $aChapter Three - A History of Bambili/Babanki-Tungoh and the Genesis of the Boundary Conflict Introduction; A) Origin and the Migratory Histories of Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh; B) Geographical Locations and Daily Activities; C) From Fraternal Friends (up to 1950's) to Fraternal Enemies?; D) Contending issues: causes of the boundary conflict between Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh; E)The Manifestation of the Boundary Conflict c. 1950 -1955:The epoch of Law Suits; F) Decision on Land Dispute Between Babanki-tungoh And Bambili Agreed Upon By The Bafut; G) The War Period; H) The 1995 War 327 $aI) The Wesmacott's myth: a commentary Conclusion; Chapter Four - The "Cold" Years, 1995-2005; Introduction; A) The Complaints Period; B) The Koungo Edima Commission; Conclusion; Chapter Five - Consequences of the Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh Boundary Conflict and Some Suggested Solutions; Introduction; A) Social Consequences; B) Economic Consequences; C) Political Consequences; D) Efforts at Resolving the Boundary Conflict; E) Why the attempted solutions failed; F) Suggested Solutions; Conclusion; Chapter Six - General Conclusion; Appendices; Notes on Sources; Back cover 330 $aThis book makes a rare and original contribution on the history of little documented internal land conflicts and boundary misunderstandings in Cameroon, where attention has tended to focus too narrowly on international boundary conflicts such as that between Cameroon and Nigeria. The study is of the Bamenda Grassfields, the region most plagued by land and boundary conflicts in the country. Despite claims of common descent and cultural similarities by most communities in the region, relations have been tested and dominated by recurrent land and boundary conflicts since the middle of the 20th Ce 606 $aLand tenure$zCameroon 607 $aCameroon$xBoundaries 615 0$aLand tenure 676 $a967.1104 700 $aNkwi$b Walter Gam$01619931 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817085503321 996 $aSons and daughters of the soil$93952444 997 $aUNINA