LEADER 02867nam 2200517 450 001 9910822384403321 005 20170919162447.0 010 $a1-84545-215-1 010 $a1-78238-877-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781782388777 035 $a(CKB)3710000000641313 035 $a(EBL)4501272 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4501272 035 $a(DE-B1597)637195 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781782388777 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000641313 100 $a20160426h20062006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aLela in Bali $ehistory through ceremony in Cameroon /$fRichard Fardon 210 1$aNew York, [New York] ;$aOxford, [England] :$cBerghahn Books,$d2006. 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (176 p.) 225 1 $aCameroon studies ;$vVolume 7 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLELA 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 330 $aLela in Bali tells the story of an annual festival of eighteenth-century kingdoms in Northern Cameroon that was swept up in the migrations of marauding slave-raiders during the nineteenth century and carried south towards the coast. Lela was transformed first into a mounted durbar, like those of the Muslim states, before evolving in tandem with the German colonial project into a festival of arms. Reinterpreted by missionaries and post-colonial Cameroonians, Lela has become one of the most important of Cameroonian festivals and a crucial marker of identity within the state. Richard Fardon?s recuperation of two hundred years of history is an essential contribution not only to Cameroonian studies but also to the broader understanding of the evolution of African cultures. 410 0$aCameroon studies ;$vVolume 7. 606 $aBali (African people)$xSocial life and customs 606 $aBali (African people)$xRites and ceremonies 607 $aCameroon$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aBali (African people)$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aBali (African people)$xRites and ceremonies. 676 $a305.896/36 700 $aFardon$b Richard$0660428 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822384403321 996 $aLela in Bali$94034154 997 $aUNINA