ISBN:
3-496-02682-0
,
978-3-496-02682-2
Language:
English
Pages:
484 Seiten
,
Illustrationen (teils farbig), Karten
Series Statement:
Baessler-Archiv. Beihefte Neue Folge, Beiheft 10
Keywords:
Zentralafrika Kamerun
;
Kameruner Grasland
;
Tikar
;
Bali
;
Bafut
;
Kom
;
Banso
;
Chamba
;
Ethnographie
;
Materielle Kultur
;
Maske
;
Medizin, traditionelle
;
Ethnomedizin
;
Heiler
;
Hexerei
;
Zauberei
;
Begräbnissitte
;
Weltanschauung
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface of Ngum III, Ebfon of Oku --Introduction: General information about Oku and the Cameroon Grasslands; the research project and its realization -- 1. African religious world-view as reflected in scientific theory -- 2. The history of Oku: facts and assumptions --3. The socio-geographical situation of thirty villages in Oku -- 4. Elements of religious life and the order of time (days and 'moons'). An initial orientation -- 5. Nuclear families, extended families and clans -- 6. The concept of juju -- 7. King and Kwifon -- 8. Foreign relations, peace treaties and the military in Oku -- 9. Special mask societies -- 10. Medicine societies -- 11. Native doctors, traditional healers and divinert -- 12. Witchcraft -- 13. Ceremonies of death: burials and memorials -- 14. Transcendental powers and the sphere of cult. Gods and ancestors -- 15. Traditions in art -- 16. The theoretical structure: the concept of keyoi -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Films about Oku -- Index
