African Crossroads : : Intersections between History and Anthropology in Cameroon / / ed. by Ian Fowler, David Zeitlyn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Ardener, Shirley,; Austen, Ralph A.,; Burnham, Philip,; Chem-Langhêê, Bongfen,; Fanso, Verkijika G.,; Fardon, Richard,; Fowler, Ian,; Geary, Christraud M.,; Lukong Banadzem, Joseph,; O’Neil, Robert,; Tardits, Claude,; Warnier, Jean-Pierre,; Zeitlyn, David,
• HerausgeberIn: Fowler, Ian,; Zeitlyn, David,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [1996]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 1996
• Language: English
• Series: Cameroon Studies ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (250 p.)

Cameroon is characterized by an extraordinary geographical, cultural, and linguistic diversity. This collection of essays by eminent historians and anthropologists summarizes three generations of research in Cameroon that began with the collaboration of Phyllis Kaberry and E. M. Chilver soon after the Second World War and continues to this day. The idea for this book arose from a concern to recognize the continuing influence of E. M. Chilver on a wide variety of social, historical, political and economic studies. The result is a volume with a broad historical scope yet one that also focuses on major contemporary theoretical issues such as the meaning and construction of ethnic identities and the anthropological study of historical processes. For more information on this title and related publications, go to http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/Chilver/index.html

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Foreword. The Catalyst: Chilver at the Crossroads -- Preface -- Introduction: The Grassfields and the Tikar -- 1. The Person, Ethnicity and the Problem of ‘Identity’ in West Africa -- 2. Political Relations on the Eastern Marches of Adamawa in the Late Nineteenth Century: A Problem of Interpretation -- 3. Mythic Transformation and Historical Continuity: the Duala of Cameroon and German Colonialism, 1884–1914 -- 4. Imperialisms at the Century’s End: Moghamo Relations with Bali-Nyonga and Germany, 1889–1908 -- 5. Nso’ Military Organisation and Warfare in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- 6. Rebellion, Defection and the Position of Male Cadets: a Neglected Category -- 7. Catholicism & Nso’ Traditional Beliefs -- 8. Pursue to Attain: a Royal Religion -- 9. Political Dress: German-Style Military Attire and Colonial Politics in Bamum -- Notes on Contributors -- Bibliography