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

• Autore: Chilver E. M
• Pubblicazione: Mankon [Cameroon], : Langaa Research and Publishing CIG, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (94 p.)
• Disciplina: 916.711042
• Soggetto topico: Explorers - Germany
• Altri autori: ZintgraffEugen
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Zintgraff's explorations in Bamenda, Adamawa and the Benue lands, 1889-1892
• ISBN: 1-282-86916-7; 9786612869167; 9956-578-25-8; 9956-616-72-9; 9956-616-80-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791414803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II