Metals in Mandara mountains' society and culture / edited by Nicholas David.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

David, Nicholas, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iron industry and trade--Social aspects--Mandara Mountains (Cameroon and Nigeria).

Iron industry and trade.

Blacksmiths--Mandara Mountains (Cameroon and Nigeria).

Blacksmiths.

Iron industry and trade--Social aspects.

Mandara Mountains (Cameroon and Nigeria)--Social life and customs.

Mandara Mountains (Cameroon and Nigeria).

Physical Description:

ix, 360 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, 2012.

Contents:

List of contributors

A note on transcription

Setting the stage

Introduction / Nicholas David

The prehistory and early history of the northern Mandara mountains and surrounding plains / Scott Maceachern

My father René Gardi & Co.: Truadak and Rabash, Hans Eichenberger and Paul Hinderling / Bernhard Gardi

Society and economy

Smith and society: patterns of articulation in the northern Mandara mountains / Nicholas David and Judy Sterner

Ricardo in the Mandara mountains: iron, comparative advantage, and specialization / Nicholas David

Competition and change in two traditional African iron industries / Nicholas David and Ian G. Robertson

Typology and society: hoes and knives among the Wandala and their neighbors / Ian Robertson

History and ideology

The development of endogamy among smiths of the Mandara mountains eastern piedmont: myths, history and material evidence / Olivier Langlois

The wife of the village: understanding caste in the Mandara mountains / James H. Wade

The iron bride: blacksmith, iron, and femininity among the Kapsiki/Higi / Walther Van Beek

A touch of wildness: brass and brass casting in Kapsiki / Walter Van Beek

Afterword / Jean-Pierre Warnier.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781592218899

159221889X

9781592218905

1592218903

OCLC:

761196091