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- Sons and Daughters of the Soil: Land and Boundary Conflicts in North West Cameroon, 1955-2005
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: LANGAA RPCIG
summary
This book makes a rare and original contribution on the history of little documented internal land conflicts and boundary misunderstandings in Cameroon, where attention has tended to focus too narrowly on international boundary conflicts such as that between Cameroon and Nigeria. The study is of the Bamenda Grassfields, the region most plagued by land and boundary conflicts in the country. Despite claims of common descent and cultural similarities by most communities in the region, relations have been tested and dominated by recurrent land and boundary conflicts since the middle of the 20th Century. Nkwi takes us through these contradictions, as he draws empirically and in general on his rich historical and ethnographic knowledge of the tensions and conflicts over land and boundaries in the region to situate and understand the conflicts between Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh � the epicenter of land and boundary � from c.1950s � 2009. Little if any scholarly attention has focused on this all important issue, its pernicious effects on the region notwithstanding. This book takes a bold step in the direction of the social history of land and boundary conflicts in Cameroon, and demonstrates that there is much of scholarly interest in understanding the centrality of land and boundaries in the configuration and contestation of human relations. In his innovative and stimulating blend of history and ethnography, Nkwi points to exciting new directions of paying closer attention to relationships informed by consciousness on and around land and boundaries.
Table of Contents
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- Dedication
- p. vii
- Acknowledgements
- p. ix
- Chapter One - Introduction
- Chapter Two - The Geographical and Ethnographic Survey of Bamenda Grassfields
- Introduction
- p. 11
- A) Staking the Study Area
- pp. 11-15
- B) Peoples of the Region
- pp. 15-21
- D) Decentralised Societies
- pp. 22-23
- Conclusion
- pp. 37-38
- Chapter Three - A History of Bambili/Babanki-Tungoh and the Genesis of the Boundary Conflict
- Introduction
- p. 39
- G) The War Period
- pp. 65-78
- H) The 1995 War
- p. 88
- Conclusion
- pp. 93-98
- Chapter Four - The “Cold” Years, 1995-2005
- Introduction
- p. 99
- A) The Complaints Period
- pp. 99-106
- B) The Koungo Edima Commission
- pp. 106-114
- Conclusion
- p. 115
- Chapter Five - Consequences of the Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh Boundary Conflict and Some Suggested Solutions
- Introduction
- p. 117
- A) Social Consequences
- pp. 117-130
- B) Economic Consequences
- pp. 130-131
- C) Political Consequences
- pp. 131-134
- E) Why the attempted solutions failed
- pp. 145-151
- F) Suggested Solutions
- pp. 151-154
- Conclusion
- pp. 154-159
- Chapter Six - General Conclusion
- pp. 161-167
- Appendices
- pp. 169-215
- Notes on Sources
- pp. 217-230
Additional Information
ISBN
9789956579075
Related ISBN(s)
9789956578924
MARC Record
OCLC
726828816
Pages
246
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No