Grassfields Stories From Cameroon

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Grassfields Stories From Cameroon

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Author : Peter W. Vakunta
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2008

Grassfields Stories From Cameroon written by Peter W. Vakunta and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Tales categories.

Grassfields Stories from Cameroon is an anthology of short stories. It comprises animal trickster tales, bird survival tales, and human-interest stories. The compendium is a reflection of the mores, cultures, and value systems of the indigenous peoples of the Northwest Province of Cameroon. It is motivated by the author's keen interest in the preservation of Cameroonian oral traditions in written form. These stories deal with the day-to-day life of the sedentary and the globe-trotter. Each story is sufficient onto itself. The author has intentionally avoided chronology in the order of presentation of the stories. Whether you read the stories in the order in which they are presented or dart about as your fancy dictates, you will feel the abundance of richness and entertainment the book contains. The didactic value of this collection of short stories resides in its suitability to readers of all age groups. The uniqueness of the volume lies in its universal appeal. Peter Wuteh Vakunta was born and raised in the village of Bamunka-Ndop in Cameroon where he worked as senior translator at the Presidency of the Republic before immigrating to America. He is an alumnus of Sacred Heart College-Mankon. Vakunta obtained his Bachelor degrees in Cameroon and Nigeria; MA and MSE degrees in Cameroon and the U.S.A. At present, Vakunta and his family live in Madison, U.S.A. He teaches in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he is also completing his PhD dissertation titled: Translation in Literature: Indigenization in the Francophone Text. Vakunta is poet, storyteller and essayist. His published works include Better English: Mind Your P's and Q's, Lion Man and Other Stories (short stories), Brainwaves (poems), Pandora's Box (poems). African Time and Pidgin Verses (poems), Square Pegs in Round Holes (essays) and It Takes Guts (essays). Vakunta's literary works have earned him several awards in the U.S.A, U.K and Africa.

Cameroon Grassfields Civilization

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Author : Jean-Pierre Warnier
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2012

Cameroon Grassfields Civilization written by Jean-Pierre Warnier and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.

This book brings and blends together a dozen scholarly articles published by the author since the 1970s. It sketches two different yet related stories: first, that of one of the most ancient and prestigious African civilizations, the antiquity and sophistication of which are becoming more and more prominent as field research unfolds their many facets. Second, the story of the researcher himself, who has had to alter and shift his approach to that civilization as he got to meet Grassfielders, colleagues, friends and scholars who changed his views about the Grassfields kingdoms and their people. This book bears witness to those many encounters. Historical and anthropological research is not only a question of relevant theories and methodologies. It is also a human endeavour made of networks and friendships.

Hadija S Story

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Author : Harmony O'Rourke
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2017-02-13

Hadija S Story written by Harmony O'Rourke and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-13 with Social Science categories.

In 1952, a woman named Hadija was brought to trial in an Islamic courtroom in the Cameroon Grassfields on a charge of bigamy. Quickly, however, the court proceedings turned to the question of whether she had been the wife or the slave-concubine of her deceased husband. In tandem with other court cases of the day, Harmony O'Rourke illuminates a set of contestations in which marriage, slavery, morality, memory, inheritance, status, and identity were at stake for Muslim Hausa migrants, especially women. As she tells Hadija's story, O'Rourke disrupts dominant patriarchal and colonial narratives that have emphasized male activities and projects to assert cultural distinctiveness, and she brings forward a new set of women's issues involving concerns for personal prosperity, the continuation of generations, and Islamic religious expectations in communities separated by long distances.

Life Stories Of Old Moghamo

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Author : Robert O'Neil
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987

Life Stories Of Old Moghamo written by Robert O'Neil and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with categories.

Grasslands Of Cameroun

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Author : Zacharie Saha
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017

Grasslands Of Cameroun written by Zacharie Saha and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Cameroon categories.

The Intestines Of The State

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Author : Nicolas Argenti
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2008-09-15

The Intestines Of The State written by Nicolas Argenti and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-15 with Social Science categories.

The young people of the Cameroon Grassfields have been subject to a long history of violence and political marginalization. For centuries the main victims of the slave trade, they became prime targets for forced labor campaigns under a series of colonial rulers. Today’s youth remain at the bottom of the fiercely hierarchical and polarized societies of the Grassfields, and it is their response to centuries of exploitation that Nicolas Argenti takes up in this absorbing and original book. Beginning his study with a political analysis of youth in the Grassfields from the eighteenth century to the present, Argenti pays special attention to the repeated violent revolts staged by young victims of political oppression. He then combines this history with extensive ethnographic fieldwork in the Oku chiefdom, discovering that the specter of past violence lives on in the masked dance performances that have earned intense devotion from today’s youth. Argenti contends that by evoking the imagery of past cataclysmic events, these masquerades allow young Oku men and women to address the inequities they face in their relations with elders and state authorities today.

Plundered Kitchens Empty Wombs

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Author : Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1999

Plundered Kitchens Empty Wombs written by Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Business & Economics categories.

Illuminates the dynamics of social and cultural disintegration through the social construction of female infertility

Elements For A History Of The Western Grassfields

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Author : Paul Nchoji Nkwi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982

Elements For A History Of The Western Grassfields written by Paul Nchoji Nkwi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Cameroon categories.

The Story Of Houses In The Grassfields

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022

The Story Of Houses In The Grassfields written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with categories.

Takumbeng Other Poems From The Grassfields In Cameroon

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Author : Peter W. Vakunta
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015

Takumbeng Other Poems From The Grassfields In Cameroon written by Peter W. Vakunta and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with POETRY categories.

Takumbeng and Other Poems from Abakwa is a tribute to the Takumbeng in Cameroon. This collection of poems celebrates the prowess of the Takembeng, a militant female secret society in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. The poems address human rights violations, rape of democracy, misgovernment, and other forms of societal ills that plague post-colonial Cameroon. It is written in impeccable Standard English. The strength of the book resides in the vastness of the thematic terrain broached.