In Search of Salt : Changes in Beti (Cameroon) Society, 1880-1960 /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Quinn, Frederick (Autor, Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2006]
Colección:Cameroon Studies ; 6
Temas:
Beti (African people) > History.
Beti (African people) > Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 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 A Traditional Beti Literature
  • Appendix B Aspects of Traditional Beti Society, by Abbé Theodore Tsala
  • Appendix C Translation of Appendix B: Aspects of Traditional Beti Society, by Abbé Theodore Tsala
  • Annex
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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