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

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Quinn, Frederick
Published: 08/01/2006
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781845450069
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d