The Cameroon Grassfields, home to three ethnic groups - the Grassfields societies, the Mbororo, and the Hausa - provides a valuable case study for the anthropological examination of ethnicity and interethnic relations.
The Cameroon Grassfields, home to three ethnic groups - the Grassfields societies, the Mbororo, and the Hausa - provides a valuable case study for the anthropological examination of ethnicity and interethnic relations.
Michaela Pelican is Junior Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Cologne. She is also the director of the University of Cologne Forum "Ethnicity as a Political Resource: Perspectives from Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe" and a member of the Cologne Global South Studies Center. She is the editor of a special issue, "Global African Entrepreneurs" (Urban Anthropology 2014, 43), and the author of several articles on indigenous rights movements in Africa.
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Acknowledgements Notes on Transliteration List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Setting the Scene: Cultural Difference and Political Rivalry in Times of Transition Chapter 2. The Power of the Fon: Nchaney Political History Chapter 3. From Pastoral Society to Indigenous People: Mbororo Identity Politics Chapter 4. A Shift to Economic Competition? Farmer-Herder Conflict and Cattle Theft in the Misaje Area Chapter 5. On Being Hausa: Consolidation of the Hausa Ethnic Category in the Grassfields Chapter 6. Grassfielder by Birth, Muslim by Choice: Religious and Ethnic Conversion Chapter 7. The Murder of Mr X: Legal Pluralism and Conflict Management in the Early 2000s Epilogue Glossary References Index
Acknowledgements Notes on Transliteration List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Setting the Scene: Cultural Difference and Political Rivalry in Times of Transition Chapter 2. The Power of the Fon: Nchaney Political History Chapter 3. From Pastoral Society to Indigenous People: Mbororo Identity Politics Chapter 4. A Shift to Economic Competition? Farmer-Herder Conflict and Cattle Theft in the Misaje Area Chapter 5. On Being Hausa: Consolidation of the Hausa Ethnic Category in the Grassfields Chapter 6. Grassfielder by Birth, Muslim by Choice: Religious and Ethnic Conversion Chapter 7. The Murder of Mr X: Legal Pluralism and Conflict Management in the Early 2000s Epilogue Glossary References Index
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