Research Catalog
African modernities and mobilities : an historical ethnography of Kom, Cameroon, c. 1800-2008
- Title
- African modernities and mobilities : an historical ethnography of Kom, Cameroon, c. 1800-2008 / Walter Gam Nkwi ; foreword by Jean-Pierre Warnier.
- Author
- Nkwi, Walter Gam
- Publication
- Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, [2015]
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DT571.K64 N59 2015 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Warnier, Jean-Pierre
- Description
- xvi, 415 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Alternative Title
- Historical ethnography of Kom, Cameroon, c. 1800-2008
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 345-415).
- Contents
- Introduction: Theory and progress of Kfaang -- Background and methodology -- Kom in global communication ecology, c.1800-2008 -- Roads, mobility and Kfaang, c.1928-1998 -- Motor vehicle (afue'm a kfaang) -- Church, Christianity and kfaang in Kom (ndo fiyini niIwo fiyini kfaang) -- School, schooling and literacy (ndogwali kfaang) 1928 to c.1980 -- Letters and letter writers (ghelii-do gwa-ali kfaang) -- Plantations, coast (itiini kfaang), bushfallers and returned migrants -- Ex-service men, (ghiili-i-wong-i-kfaang) 1914-1946 -- Elite women (Ghii'ki kfaang): women and newness in colonial and post-colonial Kom, Cameroon since c.1930s -- From foot messengers to text messengers c.1800-1998: change and continuity of kfaang men -- Mobility and encounters with different worlds -- Conclusion: Kom identity as work in progress.
- ISBN
- 9956762725
- 9789956762729
- OCLC
- ocn910132975
- 910132975
- SCSB-1817244
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library