Culture and Customs of Cameroon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Culture and Customs of Cameroon write by John Mukum Mbaku Esq.. This book was released on 2005-06-30. Culture and Customs of Cameroon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Cameroon, in Central Africa, has been called Africa in miniature. It is characterized by exceptional social and ethnic diversity, with more than 250 ethnicities now forming five major regional-culture groupings. This volume is the first to encapsulate Cameroon's rich indigenous and modern customs and traditions in depth. The narrative emphasizes those aspects that define its modern nation, its peoples, the unique societies, their institutions, and various lifestyles. The origins of Cameroon's diverse culture are traced back to the various ethnic groups and languages as well as the influence of European colonialism, Christianity, Islam, and other external factors, including globalization. In each topical chapter, examples from ethnic groups are presented to give some sense of the variety of experiences. Cameroon has had a turbulent and eventful modern history with German, English, and French incursions, and students and general readers will be able to understand the current struggle for democracy post independence. The history colors the substantial coverage of the many topics examined, from education, to marriage and women's roles, sports, and holidays, daily life, the arts, and much more. This volume will stand as the definitive, accessible introduction to Cameroon and will be essential for building a well-rounded Africa collection.
Red Data Book of the Flowering Plants of Cameroon
Red Data Book of the Flowering Plants of Cameroon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Red Data Book of the Flowering Plants of Cameroon write by Jean-Michel Onana. This book was released on 2011. Red Data Book of the Flowering Plants of Cameroon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is tropical Africa's first Red Data book for plants. Cameroon contains tropical Africa's most species-diverse hotspots for plants; many are rare and threatened with extinction. In the book 815 species are documented as being threatened using IUCN global assessments, most being assessed for the first time. Short species descriptions to aid identification in the field are given, as well as notes on habitats and threats, together with distribution maps and management suggestions to assist better conservation.
A History of the Cameroon
A History of the Cameroon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of the Cameroon write by Tambi Eyongetah Mbuagbaw. This book was released on 1974. A History of the Cameroon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Kingdom on Mount Cameroon
Kingdom on Mount Cameroon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kingdom on Mount Cameroon write by Edwin Ardener. This book was released on 1996. Kingdom on Mount Cameroon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Bakweri people of Mount Cameroon, an active volcano on the coast of West Africa a few degrees north of the equator, have had a varied and at times exciting history which has brought them into contact, not only with other West African peoples, but with merchants, missionaries, soldiers and administrators from Portugal, Holland, England, Jamaica, Sweden, Germany and more recently France. Edwin Ardener, the distinguished social anthropologist who spoke their language, wrote a number of studies on the culture and history of the Bakweri kingdom. Some unpublished writings, and some published but now out of print materials are here brought together for the first time. The book covers the early contacts with the Portuguese and Dutch from the seventeenth century, the arrival of the missionaries in the nineteenth century, the dramatic defeat of the first German punitive expedition, the subsequent establishment by the Germans of the plantation system, and the British Trusteeship period until independence in 1961 as part of the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon
Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon write by Mark Dike DeLancey. This book was released on 2010-05-03. Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Cameroon is a country endowed with a variety of climates and agricultural environments, numerous minerals, substantial forests, and a dynamic population. It is a country that should be a leader of Africa. Instead, we find a country almost paralyzed by corruption and poor management, a country with a low life expectancy and serious health problems, and a country from which the most talented and highly educated members of the population are emigrating in large numbers. Although Cameroon has made economic progress since independence, it has not been able to change the dependent nature of its economy. The economic situation combined with the dismal record of its political history, indicate that prospects for political stability, justice, and prosperity are dimmer than they have been for most of the country's independent existence. The fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon has been updated to reflect advances in the study of Cameroon's history as well as to provide coverage of the years since the last edition. It relates the turbulent history of Cameroon through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, events, places, organizations, and other aspects of Cameroon history from the earliest times to the present.
