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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cameroon Studies ; 6Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (186 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781845450069
  • 9781782388845
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.896/396 22
LOC classification:
  • DT571.B47 Q56 2006
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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 their self-perceptions in pre-colonial times, their disruptive encounters with first German (1880-1918) and then French (1918-1960) colonialism, until Cameroon’s independence.
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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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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 their self-perceptions in pre-colonial times, their disruptive encounters with first German (1880-1918) and then French (1918-1960) colonialism, until Cameroon’s independence.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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