{"product_id":"encounter-transformation-and-identity-peoples-of-the-western-cameroon-borderlands-1891-2000-9781845453367","title":"Encounter, Transformation, and Identity: Peoples","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tBringing together key historical and innovative ethnographic materials on the peoples of the South-West Province of Cameroon and the Nigerian borderlands, this volume presents critical and analytical approaches to the production of ethnic, political, religious, and gendered identities in the region. The contributors examine a range of issues relating to identity, including first encounters and conflict as well as global networking, trans-national families, enculturation, gender, resistance, and death. In addition to a number of very striking illustrations of ethnographic and material culture, this volume contains key maps from early German sources and other original cartographical materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e\"After turning the last page and closing the book, one is left with profound admiration for not only the wonderful contributions to this edited volume but to the legacy of Shirley Ardener, a woman, mentor, and researcher whose encounter with Cameroon in 1961 left her transformed and transfixed, to which we all owe a tremendous thanks\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthropos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eAlthough this book is that reviewer’s nightmare, a Festschrift, its authors and editors have made a serious effort at thematic coherence.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJournal of African History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of maps and figures\u003cbr\u003e \tNotes on contributors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eForeword.\u003c\/b\u003e Shirley Ardener: A personal note\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eVerkijika G. Fanso\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePreface.\u003c\/b\u003e Shirley Ardener: Fortifying Cameroon Studies\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMartin Njeuma\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDorothy Njeuma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eIan Fowler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Oral traditions and administrative identities\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eEdwin Ardener\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Epitome of extracts from Hermann Detzner \u003ci\u003eIm Lande des Dju-Dju Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e: August Scherl, 1923\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSally Chilver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Von Gravenreuth and Buea as a site of history: early colonial violence on Mount Cameroon\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePeter Geschiere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Azi since Conrau: Anthropological and historical perspectives\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMichael Mbapndah Ndobegang\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFiona Bowie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e The submerged history of Nsanakang: A glimpse into an Anglo-German encounter\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eUte Röschenthaler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e The latent struggle for identity and autonomy in the southern Cameroons, 1916-1946\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eVerkijika G. Fanso\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Titi Ikoli revisited: Fetishism, gender and power in transitional forest economies of the Upper Cross River borderlands, 1920s-1990s\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eCaroline Ifeka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Commemorating women in a patrilineal society\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMargaret Niger-Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e The challenge of multi-sited ethnography\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eFiona Bowie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e The essentialist temptation: Eucharistic meal and identity in postcolonial African Catholicism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eLado Ludovic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Making a difference in north-south relationships: Public and private spheres and the role of the human seed in networking for local development\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJoyce Endeley\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNalova Lyonga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/b\u003e Extracts on the Widekum and the Tikar taken from notes on the Bamenda grassfields\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSally Chilver\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhyllis Kaberry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tCombined references\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042972467543,"sku":"9781845453367","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845453367.jpg?v=1750956463","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/encounter-transformation-and-identity-peoples-of-the-western-cameroon-borderlands-1891-2000-9781845453367","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}