Lela in Bali : history through ceremony in Cameroon /: history through ceremony in Cameroon. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard Fardon.
• Other Names: Fardon, Richard
• Contents: Map and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Lela: Past Present, Present Past Lela in the Early Post-Colony Bali Nyonga: A Thumbnail History Chapter 2. Lela in 1908: The Photographic Record Lela and Voma in Bali The Ethnologist and the Missionaries Ankermann and the Missionaries Photographed: The Second Photographer The Texts and the Photographs An Inventory of the Photographic Record of the 1908 Lela Conclusion Chapter 3. Lela: The Texts, 1890s to 1960s The Missionaries' Version 1903 to 1913 The Ethnologist's Version 1907 to 1908 The Soldier's and Trader's Versions 1889 to 1906 Interlude: The Bali Axis Unravels The Anthropologist and the Historian: A 1960s Version Chapter 4. Lela: Incorporation, Ascendancy and the Means of Violence The Ba'ni before the Germans T he Apogee of Germano–Bali Majesty: The 1905 Paramountcy Chapter 5. Lela in the Grassfields and the 'Graffi' in Lela: Or, More is More The Importance of Origins More is More Lela Adopted in the Grassfields Lela and Voma in the Bali kingdoms Chapter 6. Lela Precedents: Beyond and Before the Grassfields 'Spear Washing' in the Benue Chamba Chiefdoms: Flags, Gowns and Horses Adamawan Elements in Lela: Death, Killing and Commemoration Chapter 7. Fast forward: From Adamawa to Late Post-Colonial Cameroon References Published References Unpublished References
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 162 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 305.896/36; Bali (African people) -- Social life and customs; Bali (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; Cameroon -- Social life and customs; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782388777
• Related ISBNs: 178238877X; 1845452151; 9781845452155
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-155) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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