Download or read book The Royal Cloth of Cameroon written by Moira F. Harris and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Socrates in Cameroon written by Nalova Lyonga and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2010 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernard Nsokika Fonlon, 1924-1986, rose from humble origins to become one of Cameroon s most famous sons. He was a scholar, a poet, a politician, a philosopher, a man of action and a man of courage. He was never too busy to see someone who was troubled, never too tired to take up the case of the oppressed or the downtrodden. He was a man who could communicate, with style, In half a dozen world languages but who could also use Pidgin English if it meant putting his listeners at ease. He was a man who moved in opulent circles but who collected for himself not money but the hearts of those who got to know him. it is easy to use superlatives of someone like Bernard Fonlon, easy to make him sound like a sage or a sa∫ it is less easy to describe the humour And The courtesy And The gentleness that irradiated all that he said and did. This book describes briefly the life and times of a man whose story incorporates the history of a young nation and whose autobiography, The Pathfinder, has all the excitement of an adventure novel. We could use a lot of words and still not get To The heart of the matter because ordinary words are for ordinary men and Bernard Fonlon was unique. To those who knew him, no introduction is necessary; to those who did not know him, no short introduction is enough. Bernard Fonlon did not leave a worldly legacy to his family and friends and country. He left much more. He left ideas that can never be buried and ideals that will challenge new generations.
Download or read book Servants of the Dynasty written by Anne Walthall and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a new perspective on the monarchies that have dominated much of human history, by offering a comparative view of the women who lived, worked, and served in royal courts around the globe. The authors of this volume, historians, anthropologists, and archeologists, investigate women's roles in each era and locale, how those roles changed over time, and what women's histories say about the structures of power and the societies in which they lived. The authors take us to palaces in Early modern Southeast Asia, classic Maya royal courts, the Byzantine court, the harem of the Ottoman royal court, the Mughal palace, an African royal harem, the courts of Chinese Emperors and Empresses, the palace of the Shogun, the court of Versailles, Aztec palaces, and a Korean court.
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Download or read book From Cameroon to Paris written by Steven Nelson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-03-15 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description
Download or read book Gender Separatist Politics and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon written by Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon illuminates how issues of ideal womanhood shaped the Anglophone Cameroonian nationalist movement in the first decade of independence in Cameroon, a west-central African country. Drawing upon history, political science, gender studies, and feminist epistemologies, the book examines how formally educated women sought to protect the cultural values and the self-determination of the Anglophone Cameroonian state as Francophone Cameroon prepared to dismantle the federal republic. The book defines and uses the concept of embodied nationalism to illustrate the political importance of women’s everyday behavior—the clothes they wore, the foods they cooked, whether they gossiped, and their deference to their husbands. The result, in this fascinating approach, reveals that West Cameroon, which included English-speaking areas, was a progressive and autonomous nation. The author’s sources include oral interviews and archival records such as women’s newspaper advice columns, Cameroon’s first cooking book, and the first novel published by an Anglophone Cameroonian woman.
Download or read book Cameroon Travel Guide written by Daniel Windsor and published by Interactive Media Licensing. This book was released on 2024-10-24 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cameroon, often referred to as "Africa in miniature," is a vibrant country located in Central Africa. It boasts a diverse range of landscapes, cultures, and experiences that span the entirety of the African continent, all within one nation's borders. From tropical rainforests to arid deserts, from bustling cities to tranquil rural villages, Cameroon offers a rich and unique blend of environments, cultures, and traditions that make it an ideal destination for travelers, adventurers, and scholars alike. Cameroon's history is as complex and varied as its geography, with influences from indigenous traditions, colonial powers, and modern-day global interactions. Its people represent a tapestry of more than 250 ethnic groups, each with its language, customs, and way of life. French and English are the official languages, reflecting its colonial past under French and British rule, but dozens of local languages are spoken, creating a linguistically rich environment. This eBook aims to introduce readers to the multifaceted wonders of Cameroon. Whether you're a traveler looking for tips on visiting the country, a history buff interested in its colonial past, or someone curious about Cameroonian arts, culture, and entertainment, this guide will offer valuable insights. It is a comprehensive journey through the country's natural beauty, landmarks, and vibrant urban life.
Download or read book Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art written by Hope B. Werness and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly produced voulume is the first reference work to focus on the symbols, meaning, and significance of art in native, or indigenous, cultures.
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Download or read book Nso and Its Neighbours Readings in the Social History of the Western Grassfields of Cameroon written by B Chem-Langhee and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a rich and compelling volume of readings in social history on Nso and its neighbours in the Western Grassfields of Cameroon. It consists of 19 essays by some of the leading historians, archeologists and ethnographers of the region, with seminal contributions by Jean-Pierre Warnier, Paul Nchoji Nkwi, Bongfen Chem-Langhee, Phyllis Kaberry, E.M Chilver, Miriam Goheen, Ian Flower, Dan Lantum and V.G. Fanso. The book covers a broad range of themes from precolonial times to date, including trade, alliances, diplomacy, the iron industry, colonial impact, continuities, discontinuities and compromise, general persistence, ideology and conflict. Warnier draws on linguistic and archaeological data to argue that this region has been settled for several millennia, very probably continuously, and that its landscapes are very ancient and have resulted from many human and natural forces other than the simple clearance of the forest cover of the region at an uncertain date as some authors have postulated. Using data on inter-group diplomacy and alliances, Nkwi puts into question some problematic theses on persistence hostilities and enhances knowledge of the precolonial history of the region. Fowler and Chem-Langhee show how local conditions and needs fostered the spirit and practice of cooperative ventures in the precolonial period, which provided the driving force and the ideological and structural underpinnings for the successful and smooth introduction of modern modes of cooperation in the area during the colonial and postcolonial periods. The rest of the studies have a unifying theme or thesis, namely, that despite the entry and assault of external, influences, particularly those associated with colonialism, Christianity and Islam, the traditional institutions, customs and value systems of the Nso and their neighbours have resisted major change and their total corrosion is not yet in sight. The volume illustrates the proposition that historical research is a continuous process of rediscovery which provides new questions, and also that the evidence of other disciplines linguistics, archaeology and palaeobotany for example may give rise to many new lines of inquiry and help to correct the documentary record and explain oral tradition. Herein lies the most important element of this experimental collection. Its editors hope that it will provoke other similar collections.
Download or read book Gender Separatist Politics and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon written by Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon illuminates how issues of ideal womanhood shaped the Anglophone Cameroonian nationalist movement in the first decade of independence in Cameroon, a west-central African country. Drawing upon history, political science, gender studies, and feminist epistemologies, the book examines how formally educated women sought to protect the cultural values and the self-determination of the Anglophone Cameroonian state as Francophone Cameroon prepared to dismantle the federal republic. The book defines and uses the concept of embodied nationalism to illustrate the political importance of women’s everyday behavior—the clothes they wore, the foods they cooked, whether they gossiped, and their deference to their husbands. The result, in this fascinating approach, reveals that West Cameroon, which included English-speaking areas, was a progressive and autonomous nation. The author’s sources include oral interviews and archival records such as women’s newspaper advice columns, Cameroon’s first cooking book, and the first novel published by an Anglophone Cameroonian woman.
Download or read book Cameroon written by Ben West and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2011 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thoroughly updated edition of the most in-depth guide available to Cameroon, a country home to ancient tribal kingdoms, colorful trading towns, 'pygmy' hunting camps, and endangered lowland gorillas.
Download or read book African Textiles written by John Gillow and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces a boy's journey across India as he searches for a sacred buffalo bell stolen from his tribe.
Download or read book Bulletin written by University of Michigan. Museum of Art and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 2000 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes reports of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.
Download or read book Catalog of the Library of the National Museum of African Art Branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries written by Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. National Museum of African Art Branch and published by G. K. Hall. This book was released on 1991 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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