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Abstract
Cameroon is characterized by an extraordinary geographical, cultural, and linguistic diversity. This collection of essays by eminent historians and anthropologists summarizes three generations of research in Cameroon that began with the collaboration of Phyllis Kaberry and E. M. Chilver soon after the Second World War and continues to this day. The idea for this book arose from a concern to recognize the continuing influence of E. M. Chilver on a wide variety of social, historical, political and economic studies. The result is a volume with a broad historical scope yet one that also focuses on major contemporary theoretical issues such as the meaning and construction of ethnic identities and the anthropological study of historical processes.
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Ian Fowler, School of Social Science, Oxford Brookes University and Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford
David Zeitlyn, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Eliot College, University of Kent
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFRICAN CROSSROADS | i | ||
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | vi | ||
| FOREWORD | ix | ||
| PREFACE | xvii | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 1 | ||
| CHAPTER ONE. The Person, Ethnicity and the Problem of ‘Identity’ in West Africa | 17 | ||
| CHAPTER TWO. Political Relationships on the Eastern Marches of Adamawa in the Late Nineteenth Century | 45 | ||
| CHAPTER THREE. Mythic Transformation and Historical Continuity | 63 | ||
| CHAPTER FOUR. Imperialisms at the Century’s End | 81 | ||
| CHAPTER FIVE. Nso’ Military Organisation and Warfare in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries | 101 | ||
| CHAPTER SIX. Rebellion, Defection and the Position of Male Cadets | 115 | ||
| CHAPTER SEVEN. Catholicism & Nso’ Traditional Beliefs | 125 | ||
| CHAPTER EIGHT. Pursue to Attain | 141 | ||
| CHAPTER NINE. Political Dress | 165 | ||
| NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS | 193 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 195 |