Indigenous Political Hierarchy and Sustainable Collective Meaning in the Changin (Paperback)

Dignity Publishing

ISBN 10: 1514708027 / ISBN 13: 9781514708026

Edité par Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Paperback. The legitimacy of Cameroon Grassfields' traditional government rested on mythic power origin, construction and spirituality. Endowed with transcendence that emanated from the primordial past, the sacred assignment of this indigenous political hierarchy exudes through conscious sustainable actions of collective existence, opportunities, benefits and development. But this determining value of societal control, concord, development and shape was soon lost to eccentric polemics. The selections in this volume, all by Grassfielders, present dynamic articulation of the struggle of the hierarchy with the dictates of time; dictates depicted by colonial, post independent and contemporary rudiments. They emphasize the unadulterated sacred purpose, value and role of sustained collectivism and development expose which the indigenous government made patent before their sudden loss to foreign domination, control and expectations. The shoveling of this negative vibrant process is the contributors' own reassessment of the place of their principal institutions in the fast mutating society, the revitalization of their heritage, the reaffirmation of the meaningful politico-cultural rights, the reversion to, and re-establishment of, a real indigenous hegemony over the nature and influence of the region's collective being and development. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781514708026

Synopsis :

The legitimacy of Cameroon Grassfields’ traditional government rested on mythic power origin, construction and spirituality. Endowed with transcendence that emanated from the primordial past, the sacred assignment of this indigenous political hierarchy exudes through conscious sustainable actions of collective existence, opportunities, benefits and development. But this determining value of societal control, concord, development and shape was soon lost to eccentric polemics. The selections in this volume, all by Grassfielders, present dynamic articulation of the struggle of the hierarchy with the dictates of time; dictates depicted by colonial, post independent and contemporary rudiments. They emphasize the unadulterated sacred purpose, value and role of sustained collectivism and development exposé which the indigenous government made patent before their sudden loss to foreign domination, control and expectations. The shoveling of this negative vibrant process is the contributors’ own reassessment of the place of their principal institutions in the fast mutating society, the revitalization of their heritage, the reaffirmation of the meaningful politico-cultural rights, the reversion to, and re-establishment of, a real indigenous hegemony over the nature and influence of the region’s collective being and development.

À propos de l'auteur: Mark Bolak Funteh holds a PhD and is a Senior Lecturer of History at the Higher Teachers’ Training College of the University of Maroua, Cameroon. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA in 2011, and has authored two books - We Were Here Too! Chronicles of Yamba Colonial Experience in Cameroon, 1884-1961 and Missionary Contribution to and/or Modification of Yamba Traditional Society, 1918-2002: A Historical Investigation - and a series of articles on peace, security, border and gender related issues in both national and international scientific journals

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Indigenous Political Hierarchy and ...
Éditeur : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Date d'édition : 2015
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : new