ISBN:
978-1-906168-14-8
Language:
English
Pages:
XXIV, 25-581 Seiten
,
Illustrationen; Karten
Keywords:
Nigeria Kamerun
;
Bornu (NO-Nigeria)
;
Mandara-Berg
;
Ethnie, Afrika
;
Materielle Kultur
;
Ritual und Zeremonie
;
Verwandtschaft
;
kulturelles Eigentum
;
Ethnographie
;
Orale Tradition
;
Geschichte
;
Orale Geschichte
;
Terrorismus
;
Völkermord
;
Gwoza-Gebirge 〈Nigeria〉
Abstract:
The bulk of this massive tome, generously illustrated (maps, figures, tables, plates), presents what is known of Dghwede culture in twenty-three varied chapters ranging from the material to the ideational, with emphasis on kinship and ritual. Oral traditions — the main legacy of the Gwoza hills montagnards — are at their core and are subjected to critical analysis. A labour of love and fine scholarship, this is the first extended ethnographic account from this region and will be warmly welcomed by specialists for its broad coverage and inferences and, a generation hence, by Dghwede descendants eager to explore their cultural heritage.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 549-556
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