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Nso' and its neighbours : readings in the social history of the western grassfields of Cameroon / edited by B. Chem-Langhee & V.G. Fanso ; assisted by M. Goheen and E.M. Chilver.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nso (African people)--History.
- Nso (African people).
- Cameroon--History.
- Cameroon.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (524 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a rich and compelling volume of readings in social history on Nsoí and its neighbours in the Western Grassfields of Cameroon. It consists of 19 essays by some of the leading historians, archeologists and ethnographers of the region, with seminal contributions by Jean-Pierre Warnier, Paul Nchoji Nkwi, Bongfen Chem-Langhee, Phyllis Kaberry, E.M Chilver, Miriam Goheen, Ian Flower, Dan Lantum and V.G. Fanso. The book covers a broad range of themes from precolonial times to date, including trade, alliances, diplomacy, the iron industry, colonial impact, continuities, discontinuities and com
- Contents:
- section 1. The regional background
- section 2. Precolonial studies
- section 3. The colonial impact
- section 4. Continuity and compromise at the grassroots
- section 5. Continuities at the palace
- section 6. Institutional changes
- section 7. Ideology and conflict.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786613227386
- 9781283227384
- 128322738X
- 9789956717927
- 9956717924
- 9789956717347
- 9956717347
- 9789956717552
- 995671755X
- OCLC:
- 830166596
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