Frederick Quinn

In Search of Salt

Changes in Beti (Cameroon) Society, 1880-1960

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Relatively recent Bantu-speaking migrants to central Cameroon, the Beti have had an eventful history. Based on extensive interviews and traditional Beti (Fang) poetry, in addition to German and French archival sources, the author of this readable study recreates the social structure of the Beti and their self-perceptions in pre-colonial times, their disruptive encounters with first German (1880-1918) and then French (1918-1960) colonialism, until Cameroon's independence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 437g
• ISBN-13: 9781845450069
• ISBN-10: 184545006X
• Artikelnr.: 41851808

Autorenporträt

An American diplomat, who was posted in Cameroon for several years, Frederick Quinn holds higher academic degrees in history and African Studies and has published widely on Africa. His Democracy at Dawn: Notes from Poland and Points East was named a TLS International Book of the Year.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. Traditional Beti Society
Chapter 2. Social Organization and the Sso Rite
Chapter 3. "In the Time of Major Dominik": The Beti and the Germans,
1887-1916
Chapter 4. The German Presence: Traders and Missionaries
Chapter 5. The Beti and the French
Chapter 6. Times of Expansion: The Inland Railroad, Cocoa Production, the
Catholic Church
Chapter 7. The Beti from World War II to Independence
Conclusion
Appendix I: Traditional Beti Literature
Appendix II: Aspects of Traditional Beti Society, by Abbé Theodore Tsala
Appendix III: English Translation of Appendix II
Annex
Abbia Stones, by Frederick Quinn
Eight Beti Stones, by Frederick Quinn
Bibliography
Index