In Search of Salt : : Changes in Beti (Cameroon) Society, 1880-1960 / / Frederick Quinn.

Relatively recent Bantu-speaking migrants to central Cameroon, the Beti have had an eventful history. Based on extensive interviews and traditional Beti (Fang) poetry, in addition to German and French archival sources, the author of this readable study recreates the social structure of the Beti and...

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Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2006]
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Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:Cameroon Studies ; 6
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Introduction --   |t CHAPTER 1 Traditional Beti Society --   |t CHAPTER 2 Social Organization and the Sso Rite --   |t CHAPTER 3 “In the Time of Major Dominik” The Beti and the Germans, 1887–1916 --   |t CHAPTER 4 The German Presence Traders and Missionaries --   |t CHAPTER 5 The Beti and the French --   |t CHAPTER 6 Times of Expansion The Inland Railroad, Cocoa Production, the Catholic Church --   |t CHAPTER 7 The Beti from World War II to Independence --   |t Conclusion --   |t Appendix A Traditional Beti Literature --   |t Appendix B Aspects of Traditional Beti Society, by Abbé Theodore Tsala --   |t Appendix C Translation of Appendix B: Aspects of Traditional Beti Society, by Abbé Theodore Tsala --   |t Annex --   |t Bibliography --   |t Index 
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