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Kingdom on Mount Cameroon
Edwin Ardener
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Description for Kingdom on Mount Cameroon
Hardback. A collection of social anthropologist Ardener's papers concerning the Bakweri people of Mount Cameroon on the coast of West Africa. The studies of the culture and history of the Cameroon Kingdom cover the Bakweri's early contacts with the Portuguese, the defeat of the first German expedition.. Series: Cameroon Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 maps, 1 fig., 9 ills, 4 appendices, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; 3J; HBJH; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 699.
The Bakweri people of Mount Cameroon, an active volcano on the coast of West Africa a few degrees north of the equator, have had a varied and at times exciting history which has brought them into contact, not only with other West African peoples, but with merchants, missionaries, soldiers and administrators from Portugal, Holland, England, Jamaica, Sweden, Germany and more recently France.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Cameroon Studies
Number of Pages
404
Place of Publication
Herndon, United States
ISBN
9781571819291
SKU
V9781571819291
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Ref
99-15
About Edwin Ardener
Edwin Ardener (1927-1987), the distinguished social anthropologist who spoke their language, wrote a number of studies on the history and culture of the Bakweri Kingdom. Some of the unpublished writings, and some of the published but now out of print materials are here brought together for the first time. The book covers the early contacts with the Portuguese and Dutch ... Read more
Reviews for Kingdom on Mount Cameroon
“ … collected in a single volume, [these papers] become a rich case study of an African people's relations with various European agents over more than four centuries.” • Choice “… a true treasure… challenging example of how history and anthropology can be combined in practice… such a combination can offer a deeper understanding of present-day issues ... Read more