Based on observations in two West African villages - one a traditionally uncentralised community in contemporary Nigeria, the other a small chiefdom in Cameroon - this study shows that despite basic presuppositions regarding various types of being, the beliefs of the two groups manifest themselves in quite different ways. Focusing particularly on Chamba conceptions of people, masks and cults, Richard Fardon applies contemporary social theory to Chamba religion and shows how particular individuals integrate their concerns with notions of human purpose, the agricultural cycle and the values of the wilds.
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Richard Fardon is Professor of West African Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. xvii, 252 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm. A study of the Chamba religion in two West African villages - one in Cameroon and one in Nigeria. Contents: Protestations of ignorance? Or, things left unsaid?; ways of being: the living, the dead, the wild and god; Jup: the Mapeo variant of cult; Lera and v(c)ma: the Yeli variant; the human span; the annual round; the animate wild; inanimate wilderness, and the nature of things; the new religions of god; god and the dead: locating the unknown. N° de réf. du vendeur 9cb34
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Vendeur : MW Books, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvii, 252 pages: ill; 24cm. Subjects: Chamba (African people) Religion. Religion and sociology. Africa, West Religion. West Africa Religion Sociological perspectives. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 354995
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