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Traditional institutions in Kembong (Cameroon) / Hans-Joachim Koloss.
Penn Museum Library GN1 .B32 n.F. Bd.11
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Koloss, Hans-Joachim, 1938-
- Series:
- Baessler-Archiv. Beiheft 0408-1862 ; N.F., 11.
- Baessler-Archiv. Beiheft, 0408-1862 ; N.F., 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ejagham (African people)--Cameroon--Manyu Division--Social life and customs.
- Ejagham (African people).
- Ejagham (African people)--Cameroon--Manyu Division--Rites and ceremonies.
- Secret societies.
- Traditional medicine.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Manners and customs.
- Manyu Division (Cameroon)--Social life and customs.
- Manyu Division (Cameroon).
- Traditional medicine--Cameroon--Manyu Division.
- Secret societies--Cameroon--Manyu Division.
- Cameroon--Manyu Division.
- Physical Description:
- 239 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : Reimer, 2008.
- Summary:
- The foundations of the egalitarian system, to which all hierarchical tendencies were suspect, were maintained by the Ejagham throughout the long colonial era. In addition, the women enjoyed more possibilities for development than in many other parts of Africa. Important decisions are made in the village assembly and, despite Christianization, the power of the ancestors as well as that of the feared witches have been kept largely intact. The secret societies have held their significance and, with the use of their spectacular masks, are responsible for the tasks of social and political control, for the repelling and persecution of dangerous and hostile powers, and for the organization and carrying out of the great feasts for the dead, which are always celebrated according to tradition. Hans-Joachim Koloss succeeded in studying, in Kembong, the capital of the region, the essential aspects of the society and world-view of this small and, until now, little-known race of people and in portraying them in an extensive series of photographs.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Elements of religious world-view
- Society and leadership
- Akum, the secret societies
- Ajom, magic medicines
- Institutions for women
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783496028116
- 3496028114
- OCLC:
- 234239097
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