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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chilver, E. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Explorers--Germany.

Explorers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 p.)

Place of Publication:

Mankon [Cameroon] : Langaa Research and Publishing CIG, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Zintgraff, Eugen. Nord-Kamerun. English. Selections.

ISBN:

9786612869167

9781282869165

1282869167

9789956578252

9956578258

9789956616725

9956616729

9789956616800

995661680X

OCLC:

830166143